Six dead in Virginia murder-suicide after police standoff
Source: Reuters
A Virginia family of six is dead in an apparent murder-suicide after an hours-long standoff with police ended early on Thursday, officials said.
Police in Chesapeake, Virginia, about 200 miles south of Washington, found five bodies, including the suspected gunman, inside a home shortly after 2 a.m., Chesapeake police said in a statement.
The incident began when officers were called to check on a different house on Wednesday afternoon and discovered a dead body.
An investigation led police to a nearby residence where the armed man was barricaded inside, police said. Officers gained entry to the home after fruitless negotiations with the gunman.
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World | Thu Jan 28, 2016 11:59am EST
valerief
(53,235 posts)AllyCat
(16,193 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)they could have defended themselves.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Circular Firing Squad. Very efficient.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)this kind of endless tragedy is the inevitable result
olddots
(10,237 posts)about how safe we are with the over abundance of guns ......