据最新公开的案情,这6人是亲属关系,警方判断是父亲在杀掉其5名子女后自杀。这些子女的年龄在5岁到17岁之间。目前警方正在寻找这些子女的母亲。
目前,这起枪击事件的细节还在调查中。
A home on the 20400 block of 135th Avenue Court East in Graham, Wash. is cordoned off on Saturday, April 4, 2009 as Pierce County Sheriff's officers investigate the apparent homicides of five children aged 7 to 16. Investigators believe the children may have been killed by their father who was discovered dead early Saturday afternoon in King County.
Washington state investigators say five children between 7 and 16 years old have been found dead in a Graham area home and they may have been killed by their father.
Pierce County Sheriff's investigators told The News Tribune the children apparently were victims of homicidal violence.
Spokesman Ed Troyer says the 35-year-old father was discovered dead Saturday afternoon in neighboring King County.
Deputies were called to check on the welfare of the children at a mobile home park after the father's body was discovered.
Troyer identified the dead children as four girls and a 7-year-old boy.