Five people were found dead in a home in Elk Mills, Maryland, on Friday morning, according to the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said they found a man, a woman and three children with fatal gunshot wounds throughout the house and garage. A semi-automatic handgun was found near the man, according to police. None of those killed have been identified yet.
Police said they were called to the house on Hebron Court at 9:19 a.m. for a report that three children and a woman were fatally shot. When police arrived 10 minutes later, they found an “unresponsive subject” in the home’s detached garage.
The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office is continuing the investigation with Maryland State Police, but said there is no threat to the public.
The house is located at the end of a cul-de-sac on Hebron Court. As of Friday afternoon, police crime tape cordoned off the entire property where the two-story house rested on a manicured lawn. It was tied to the swing set in the backyard, and a trampoline was inside of it.
A nearby resident, whose front door faced the back of the cordoned-off property, declined to comment.
Marked and unmarked police vehicles were parked in neighbors’ driveways and the cul-de-sac, where police erected a small canopy where several officers were meeting. Area residents could not be seen.
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