A grim scene unfolded in Northwest Miami-Dade where police discovered four bodies in a case of apparent murder-suicide involving a family of four, WSVN reported. The incident occurred in an apartment at 17400 NW 68th Avenue on Sunday night, around 9 p.m., according to officials.
Miami-Dade police responded to a call for a welfare check at the residence where upon arriving they encountered a foul stench coming from the apartment, this led to the discovery of the victims Miami-Dade Fire Rescue teams were called in to help officers gain entry, where they found two adults and two children deceased from gunshot wounds, as Local10 detailed.
Investigators have pieced together a chilling narrative, citing the 60-year-old father as the gunman who tragically ended the lives of his wife, aged 50, and his two children, a 13-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old son before turning the gun on himself
The names of the deceased are currently withheld pending family notification with no clear motive, this domestic catastrophe adds to the troubling instances of familial violence that clutch at the serenity of our metropolises.
