5 shot dead in Delaware including 3 under 8-years-old

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iStock/Thinkstock(PRICES CORNER, Del.) — Five people, including three children younger than 8, were found shot dead in a Delaware home, authorities said.

Troopers responded to the home in Prices Corner a few minutes before 8 p.m. Monday and found the five victims upstairs, Delaware State Police said.

Police did not release the victims’ names but identified them as a 42-year-old man, a 41-year-old woman and three children under the age of 8.

The Delaware State Police Homicide Unit is investigating. “There is no concern for safety in the surrounding area,” police said.

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