4 dead, including 2 children in apparent murder-suicide in Illinois

Thursday, February 28, 2019
JOLIET, Ill. -- Four people, including two children, were found dead inside a home in Joliet Wednesday night in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.

Police said shots were fired inside of a home in the 500-block of Whitley Avenue just after 10 p.m.
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When Joliet police officers entered the home, they said they located a man, woman and two young children deceased inside on the second floor. Police said it appears at this time to be a murder-suicide.

Neighbors said they heard a woman screaming from outside the home when she found the family members dead and called police.

Investigators have not released the names of the four people found dead.
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Police said there is no danger to the public. The case is still under investigation.
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