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Five members of a family and their dog have been found dead in a house in Duluth in what the police chief described as an ‘unimaginable tragedy’.
Neighbors told The Minnesota Star Tribune that a family of four lived there, with two preteen girls.
The fifth deceased person in the house, a man, is the suspect, Fox 21 reported.
Police were initially called to a property around seven miles away, for a welfare check at 11:18am in the Duluth suburb of Hermantown.
When no one answered, Hermantown police contacted their Duluth colleagues, who were warned that a person inside the house may be armed.
Duluth police then surrounded the house in the East Hillside district of their city.
The property was known to police, Chief Mike Tusken said.
Police in Duluth, Minnesota, were called to a house in the East Hillside district on Wednesday
Officers were alerted by police in the suburb of Hermantown, who had initially been called to a welfare check at a property in Hermantown. Finding no answer, they alerted Duluth authorities
Heavily-armed police with shields are seen arriving at the East Hillside home in Duluth
Tusken said his officers carried out a ‘methodical search of the premise.’
They were able to eventually enter the home, and found five dead bodies as well as a dead dog.
Rick Adamski told the Star Tribune the family were ‘nice people.’
‘I just can’t believe it,’ he said.
The house has a Little Free Library in the front yard, and sleds and wagons sitting nearby.
Emily Larson, mayor of Duluth, tweeted: ‘Things happened today that can’t be undone.
‘Tonight we are a community in pain and shock, sharing a sorrow for the loss of our people.
‘DPD w support of other jurisdictions responded to a call today where 5 people & 1 dog were found deceased.’
She added: ‘My heart, like yours, absolutely hurts for the pain of loved ones and the fear people likely experienced on their final day here with us.’
Source: dailymail
