Three children and a woman were found dead inside a Connecticut home late Wednesday, according to reports.
The Danbury Police Department received a call from an allegedly distressed man around 6:30 p.m. local time to notify officers of the incident on Whaley Street, northeast affiliate FOX 5 New York reported, citing authorities.
Officers responded and discovered three children, who ranged in age from five to 12 years old, dead inside the home, FOX reported. The adult woman’s lifeless body was then found in an outside shed.
Additional details, including the motive, injuries, and the victims’ identities were not immediately available. Fox News Digital could not reach a spokesperson for the Danbury Police Department on Thursday morning.
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Police reportedly described the crime as an isolated incident and said the public was not in danger. They added that there was no search for a suspect and that there was no suspect, though it was not immediately clear if the incident was a murder-suicide, according to FOX 5.
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