Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Victims In North Jersey Murder-Suicide Identified
Three people were found with gunshot wounds after a fire occurred in Fair Lawn late Wednesday night, authorities said.
The three people who were found with gunshot wounds in a North Jersey house fire Wednesday night have been identified, authorities said.
Richard Tempe, Sr., 76, his wife Barbara Tempe, 73, and their son Richard Tempe Jr., 53, were found dead inside a Fair Lawn house that caught fire late Wednesday night, said Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal.
Grewal said that authorities are investigating the incident as a possible murder-suicide.
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Sgt. Brian Metzler said police received a call from a neighbor about a "working house fire" on 4th Street at 11:36 p.m.
"Multiple victims" were found inside the residence following the fire, Metzler said in a statement issued early Thursday morning.
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Two women died inside a Fair Lawn group home in November after a space heater sparked and started a fire, authorities said. One woman was found in her bed, the other was on the floor in her bedroom.
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