Key takeaways:
- Four people, including three children, were found dead in an Oklahoma home following an hours-long standoff with an armed subject.
- The incident began when a police officer saw fireworks coming from inside the garage of a house.
- The armed subject was taken into custody and the four bodies were found inside the home; authorities believe the incident may have been a murder-suicide.
Four people, including three children, were found dead in an Oklahoma home Thursday evening following an hours-long standoff with an armed subject, authorities said.
The incident began in the small town of Verdigris, a suburb east of Tulsa, when a police officer driving along the street saw fireworks coming from inside the garage of a house, according to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Hunter McKee. The officer saw what Police Chief Jack Shackleford described as a Roman candle firework and found a woman and two children locked in a garage.
The woman told the officer that another woman with a gun held her hostage in the garage. The officer called for reinforcements, and the standoff ensued.
After several hours, the armed subject was taken into custody and the four bodies were found inside the home. The identities of the deceased have not been released, but authorities believe the incident may have been a murder-suicide.
The investigation is ongoing and authorities are working to determine the motive behind the incident. No further information is available at this time.
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