4 dead in apparent murder-suicide in Joliet
Posted February 28, 2019 6:00 am
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Police say a man, a woman and two young children are dead in Joliet in what's being investigated as apparent slayings and suicide.
The Joliet Police Department says in a statement that the four were found dead shortly after 10:15 p.m. Wednesday after officers responded to a report of a shooting.
Police say they found the four dead on the second story of a home. An investigation is ongoing, but police say no one is being sought in connection with the deaths.
A person who answered the phone early Thursday at the department didn't have additional information. The Will County Coroner's Office didn't immediately release information about the deaths.
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