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Investigators at the scene Tuesday night of a home in Greenwood County, S.C., where multiple bodies were discovered.
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News
Six people, including two children, were found shot to death Tuesday night in an apparent murder-suicide in South Carolina, authorities said.
Greenwood County Sheriff Tony Davis said at a news briefing that the victims were found after a 911 call from a home on Callison Highway, about 20 miles south of Greenville. They ranged from 9 years old to their early 50s, he said.
Davis said that about 6 p.m. ET, officers got a 911 call from a man who said he was feeling "edgy" and was going to harm himself.
John Long, a sheriff's spokesman, said that while deputies were responding to the first call, a neighbor called 911 to report that she had heard a shot and that children from the Callison Highway residence had fled to her home. Four children were released from the house before the shootings, Long said.
Treating the incident as a hostage situation, deputies called in a negotiator, but there was no response from inside the home, Davis said. A SWAT team then entered the home, where the bodies were discovered, he said.
Authorities called the incident a domestic dispute and said there was no immediate threat to nearby residents. The State Law Enforcement Division told NBC News it was investigating.
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This story was originally published on Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:37 PM EDT
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