2 Stabbed To Death In Southern PA, 5-Year-Old Among Dead: Police

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, PA — A 5-year-old girl and her mother were stabbed to death in what authorities are calling a "mass casualty incident" in York County, according to police. Two others were also injured in the attack.

In a statement released Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed 5-year-old Rylee Reynolds and 34-year-old Christine Fousek, both of Stewartsown, were killed Monday night at a home on Firebox Court in Hopewell Township.

Officers were called to the home shortly before 7:20 p.m., according to state police. Christine Fousek and Reynolds were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Jacqueline Fousek, 63, and Joseph Fousek, 28, both of Stewartsown, were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries, according to authorities.

In a statement, York County Coroner Pamela Gay called the stabbing a "mass casualty incident" and said autopsies were scheduled Tuesday to determine the cause and manner of death.

Keith Kretzer, 31, of Edgewood, Maryland, was taken into custody by authorities at the scene, state police confirmed. Kretzer is charged with two counts of criminal homicide and two counts of attempted criminal homicide, police said.

According to a report by ABC 27, Kretzer told police he was making dinner when "something took control of him." He then grabbed a kitchen knife and started to stab the other people in the home, ABC 27 reported citing court documents.

Kretzer reportedly then police he "snapped out of it" and ran from the house, according to the documents.