Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Shooting That Killed Two Children In Burlington County May Be Murder-Suicide

The shootings were reported Thursday morning, according to State Police.

Two children have been killed in a shooting in a Burlington County home Thursday morning that may have been murder suicide.

A boy and a girl were among four people found shot Thursday morning. Another child and a woman are in Cooper Hospital in Camden, according to posts by the State Police on Twitter.

They are in critical condition, according to 6 ABC,which reports the shootings may have been the result of a murder-suicide.

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State Police Capt. Stephen Jones said police are not searching for a suspect, and the community should not be alarmed during a news conference late Thursday morning.

The shooting occurred at a home in Tabernacle. The area is closed to the public and the media.

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The shooting was reported at 9:15 a.m. at a home on Holly Park Drive, according to the report. All four people were found in a bedroom by family members.

The victims are related, according to the Burlington County Times.

Other adult family members were in the home, which is a subdivision, at the time. They didn’t report hearing anything, and the shooting may have taken place overnight, according to the Times.

While Tabernacle is a small town with little history of violent crime, a neighbor told the Courier Post he heard arguing down the street over the summer. He said it was the first thing he thought of when he heard about what was happening.

Investigators remain on the scene at this time.


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