6 dead in apparent murder-suicide in Virginia

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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – Six people are dead following an apparent murder-suicide in Chesapeake, Virginia.

According to Kelly O’Sullivan with Chesapeake Police, officers were called to the 2300 block of Wildwood Road around 3:35 p.m. to check on the welfare of a person. When they arrived, officers found one person dead inside the home.

Further investigation by police led to a home at the intersection of North George Washington Highway and Wintergreen Drive – one block from Wildwood – where they found an armed person who would not come out of the home.

Police blocked off the neighborhood and tried to negotiate with the person to get them out of the house.

After several hours, officers entered the home and found five people dead, including the armed person they were trying to negotiate with.

According to O’Sullivan, all six people who died were family members, and it is believed the armed person killed the family members before killing themselves.

Investigators say this all stemmed from a domestic incident.