Police: 5 dead, including three kids, at South Carolina home

Published March 22, 2023 8:21 AM

By JEFFREY COLLINS and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials said Wednesday that a former soldier shot and killed an active duty member of the U.S. Army and three children at a home in South Carolina before killing himself. Two U.S. officials confirmed the information on the military affiliation of the two dead adults. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation. Police say in a news release that the three children and two men were found shot and killed in Sumter around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police believe one of the men was the shooter. There was no apparent threat to the public, and authorities are still investigating.

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