Oklahoma mom and her 3 kids, together with toddler, useless in doable murder-suicide

A mom and her three younger kids — together with an toddler — have been discovered useless inside their Oklahoma house Thursday evening in what police are investigating as a doable murder-suicide.

The tragic consequence within the small town of Verdigris got here after the mom was concerned in a hours-long standoff with authorities.

Police responded to the scary state of affairs after an unidentified lady informed them the mom, armed with a gun, briefly held her hostage in a storage, Police Chief Jack Shackleford stated, KOKI-TV reported.

The girl was capable of flee and alert a passing cop at round 4 p.m. that there have been children within the house, Shackleford stated.

The cop known as for backup and dozens of legislation enforcement officers from completely different businesses, together with a SWAT crew, surrounded the home.

About three-and-a-half hours later, at 7:30 p.m., officers entered the home and located the our bodies of the girl and three kids, between the ages of some months previous to round 11 years previous, officers estimated.

In addition they recovered a handgun on the scene. The identities of the victims haven’t been launched, however authorities stated they’re treating it as a murder-suicide investigation.

Officers had responded to the identical house for home and psychological well being calls a number of occasions up to now, Shackleford stated, based on KOKI-TV.

With Submit wires