Crime & Safety
Update: Quadruple Shooting In Woodbridge May Be Domestic Related: Cops
Investigators are speaking with a "person of interest" in connection with a quadruple homicide in Woodbridge on Monday afternoon.
Updated at 6:45 p.m. on Monday
WOODBRIDGE, VA — Police officers found 4 victims who died of gunshot wounds in a Woodbridge home on Monday afternoon, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators believe the shooting was domestic related.
Authorities have not identified any of the victims, as they work to notify the next-of-kin. They said two of the victims were women and two of the victims were men.
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The police department said investigators identified a "person of interest" in the shooting. Investigators said the person of interest is an adult man.
The man is speaking with police and no charges have been filed. Authorities said the people involved knew each other.
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"At this time, the incident appears isolated to the residence, and there is no ongoing threat to the community," the police department said in a news release.
Officers were called to a home in the 5200 block of Mansfield Court around 4:30 p.m. on Monday to investigate a shooting. When the officers arrived on the scene, they saw that the front door was unsecured and they entered to conduct a welfare check.
Officers said they found the four people suffering from gunshot wounds in different parts of the home. The victims were all pronounced dead at the scene.
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