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Officers found the four dead inside the home in Moscow, a city
of 25,000 people in northwestern Idaho, after being called there
for an unconscious individual shortly before noon on Sunday, the
Moscow Police Department said in a statement.
Police said they had opened a homicide investigation, but
released few details. They said no one was in custody and said
they do not "believe there is an ongoing community risk."
The university on Sunday had told students and staff to shelter
in place and to stay away from the area soon after the bodies
were found. The university of 6,800 students lifted the alert
about three hours later, saying there was no ongoing threat.
The police identified those found dead as: Ethan Chapin, 20, of
Conway, Washington; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho;
Xana Kernodle, 20, of Avondale, Arizona; and Kaylee GonCalves,
21, of Rathdrum, Idaho.
Classes were canceled on Monday and were to resume on Tuesday at
the university, school officials said.
The incident came hours before a shooting at the University of
Virginia in Charlottesville left three people dead and two
wounded.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago and Brad Brooks in
Lubbock, Texas; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Leslie Adler)
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