Police: Man kills estranged wife, children, self

[September 27, 2010]  RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- South Florida authorities are at the scene of an apparent murder-suicide that's left six people dead, including four children.

Riviera Beach Police spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown says a police officer was checking a suspicious vehicle early Monday morning when he heard what sounded like muffled gun shots. When the officer approached the home, an unidentified man went outside and shot himself. The man died at the scene.

Inside the home, officers found the bodies of the man's estranged wife and four children, believed to be ages 10 to 15. Another teen was transported to a hospital, but their condition wasn't immediately released.

[Associated Press]

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