Virginia : Two children and two adults were found shot and killed in a home in Manassas Park, Virginia, late Thursday in what police are investigating as a possible murder-suicide, police said.
The 2-year-old boy, 8-year-old girl and two adults in their 30s were found after their landlord requested that police conduct a welfare check on the tenants in his downstairs apartment, police said Friday.
They were: Santosh Pariyar, 38; Anju Shrestha, 36; and the children, whose names were not released by police.
“At this time, it appears that this may have been a murder-suicide incident,” Manassas Park police said in a brief statement. Police did not immediately say who they believe was the shooter.
Neighbors told News4 the victims were a family who moved into the neighborhood about six months ago and were from Nepal. They lived on the ground floor.
Officers were called to the downstairs apartment in the 9400 block of Lanae Lane at about 10:40 p.m. Thursday after the landlord grew concerned about them. All four people were dead of apparent gunshot wounds, police said. A gun was recovered on the scene.
