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HOUSTON — Two adults and two children were found dead inside a Texas home on Monday, police said.
The Houston Police Department said officers responded to a welfare check at around 5:26 p.m. local time in the 2100-block of Kingston Street in the River Oaks area.
Police say that a babysitter alerted officers after having concerns that she hadn’t heard from the family. Upon arrival, HPD said officers first entered the home.
According to HPD, police said that the two adults and the two children are all family members. Detectives believe that the incident is a murder-suicide, HPD said.
At this time, it is unclear what the motive of the shooting.
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