3 children, 1 woman dead in murder -self -observance – WGHP FOX8 Greensboro

Cheyenne Pagan, Karina F. Garcia and Madie Macdonald

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Chesapeake, Washington (wavy)-three children and a woman are dead after an apparent murder-lunatic in Chesapike, according to police.

According to officials, shortly before 7 o’clock in the morning, the officers were sent to 3000 block of Welcome Road to check well -being.

Employees arrived at the scene and were able to determine that an armed woman was inside the residence. After trying to negotiate with the armed theme, the police eventually called the SWAT team for assistance.

Shortly thereafter, the SWAT team initiated an emergency entrance after deciding that it was “likely to have deceased minors at the residence”. After entering the house, the officers found three children and a woman dead at the scene. The woman is said to have died due to a self -inflicted firearm wound.

Photos from the scene show a heavy presence of an emergency vehicle.

10 On your side, Andy Fox talks to Ivoni King, who said his sister Kimone King is the one who shot and killed his three children.

“Generally this morning, I just called, um, mainly saying that she had killed the children, that she would commit suicide because her girlfriend had left,” Ivoni said. “I was distrust at first, but I came.”

Nearby resident talks to Karina Garcia on Wavy about the incident, who said she heard a lot of screaming early in the morning.

“A lot of screams came from the household,” said Shana Hicks. “Nobody knew what was going on. It was around the time when elementary children were on a school bus. So, we just think that children are preparing, they have difficulty. We did not know that this was happening in this home when we heard screams coming from the household. “

Mary Trackfield, a local psychiatric nurse, said that when a tragedy like this happened, it was an emotional struggle for everyone.

“It is absolutely normal to feel terrible, to feel disgusted, to feel surprised, really, really sad,” said Krachfield. “Then a lot of grief can come. This is completely normal and if we are talking about it, then no one should feel shame, Survivor’s fault: “If I just did this or that.” All things are part of the process that comes after the initial shock. “

Carfield said that if you know someone who goes through difficult times, seek behavior that is beyond normal.

“Many times the excitement has been increased, it is irritability, a quick speech, these are things that make no sense,” said Krachfield. “Suddenly it’s behavior. … they can say or do things you’ve never seen them do before. “

Carphield said that if you observe this behavior with someone, be there for them as much as possible.

“The first thing you need to do is talk to the person, but not in a way to try to correct them, or to tell them that they need help or any lecture,” said Krachfield. “It’s really, just tell me more. Just tell me more. “

The incident remains in the process of investigation and no additional information has been published.