Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Charlotte, NC: 2 Adults, 2 Children Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide

Posted: 5:15 am EDT March 30,2010
Updated: 5:27 am EDT March 30,2010

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in south Charlotte. They said four people are dead and two of them are young children.
Police were called to the Berkshire Apartments on Providence Square Drive late Monday night, where a man allegedly committed suicide.
Police said they heard two gunshots, and then two children ran out of the apartment unharmed. When police entered the apartment, they said they found the man dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Police searched the apartment and found two other children dead. Police said it appeared those children had died several days ago. One child was 12-years-old and the other was a 1-year-old.
Police found the man’s wife dead in another nearby apartment. They said the woman had also been dead for days.
Police haven’t released the victims’ names or how they died.

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