US family killed in pre-Christmas murder-suicide
A father apparently fatally shot his two young children and their mother to death before killing himself at the small home they shared, a county coroner has said.
Clayton Cobler, the Lauderdale County coroner, said the suspected murder-suicide took place at about 7am local time. Mr Cobler said it appears that the man shot the woman in the living room, and then shot one boy in a hallway and another boy and himself in a bedroom. The handgun was found near the man's body. The couple was not married.
"It looked like it was thought-out," Mr Cobler said.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie said the boys were aged four and five. He said the man and woman were 26 and 25, respectively.
The man's father, who was also living in the home in the east-central part of the state, found the bodies when he returned from work on Thursday afternoon, Mr Sollie said. The home was decorated for Christmas.
"It's really tearing everybody up around here," Mr Cobler said.
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