Mom and three kids lifeless in potential Oklahoma murder-suicide

VERDIGRIS, Okla. — A lady and her three kids have been discovered lifeless in an Oklahoma house Thursday night in what could also be a murder-suicide following an hourslong standoff, authorities stated.

The names of the victims weren’t instantly launched.

The standoff started within the small city of Verdigris, a suburb east of Tulsa, when a police officer driving alongside the road noticed fireworks coming from contained in the storage of a home, in keeping with Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Hunter McKee.

“It was at the moment that officer knew that there was one thing flawed, went to analyze, referred to as for backup,” McKee stated.

The officer noticed what Police Chief Jack Shackleford described as a Roman candle firework and located a lady and two kids locked in a storage.

The girl stated she had taken one other little one to the house for a supervised go to and was met by an armed girl who took the kid and locked the lady and two different kids who have been along with her within the storage, Shackleford stated.

A number of businesses surrounded the home, together with a SWAT staff from the Cherokee Nation.

Following a three-hour standoff with no response from inside the home, McKee stated officers entered the house and located the grownup girl and three kids lifeless with gunshot wounds.

The three kids are believed to vary in age from a number of months to round 11 years previous.

A handgun was discovered on the scene and the killings are being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities stated.

Shackleford stated officers went to the house a number of instances previously on home and psychological well being calls, KOKI-TV reported. It was not instantly identified how the 2 girls knew one another.

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This story corrects spelling of Verdigris in dateline.