Three kids amongst six killed in US murder-suicide incident | World News

Six individuals together with three kids have been discovered useless in a Tennessee house the place police responded to a capturing and arrived to seek out the residence ablaze, authorities stated.

A seventh one that had suffered gunshot wounds was discovered alive on the house in Sequatchie on Thursday night time after firefighters extinguished the flames and was hospitalized in Chattanooga, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation stated in an announcement.

It gave the impression to be home state of affairs that was a murder-suicide, Marion County Sheriff Bo Burnette advised WTVC-TV.

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The particular person authorities assume is accountable is among the many deceased, the bureau stated.

The sheriff later recognized the suspect as Gary Barnett and one of many victims as his estranged spouse, Regina Barnett.

Court docket paperwork obtained by WTVC present a choose granted Regina Barnett an order of no contact towards Gary Barnett that was nonetheless energetic after she stated he had threatened to shoot her and verbally abused her.

“He additionally has wherever from 50 to 60 weapons in his room. I'm afraid he'll get drunk and shoot me,” she wrote in an affidavit in December.

Autopsies on all six individuals will likely be carried out in Nashville.