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Father, 2 Children Dead In Suspected Double Murder-Suicide In Wallkill

WALLKILL, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A father and two children were killed in a suspected murder-suicide in Orange County Thursday.

Police in Wallkill were investigating an apparent double murder-suicide on Fifth Avenue in the Orange County municipality.

Investigators a mother came to find her two children and their father dead inside their mobile home.

They believe the father shot the boy and girl before turning the gun on himself.

The children were 8 and 14 years old, police said. Published reports said one of the children was a boy and the other a girl.

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