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A mother and her four young children were found dead in their Tennessee home after a shooting that allegedly took place, the authorities said, although the circumstances of their deaths were not confirmed.
The mother, the three girls and the son were found when a family member arrived home Monday in Columbia, about 50 km south of Nashville, said Maury County Sheriff, Bucky Rowland. .
"We regularly see gruesome scenes, but it's not the one you see every day," Rowland said at a press conference Monday night.
Rowland would not confirm whether there was a murder-suicide. He clarified that no suspects were fugitives and that the public had no reason to worry.
"We will not go anywhere until this investigation is complete," he said, adding that "we do not see anything that leads us to believe that it was not an isolated incident inside the house ".
Maury County Attorney Brent Cooper described the deaths as murder-suicide, The Tennessean reported, but Cooper did not immediately postpone ABC News's request for comment.
After the shocking deaths, family members are interviewed, said Rowland.
The ages of the children were not released but the sheriff called them "young".
The sheriff did not specify the relationship between the mother and the father of the children.
Rowland also stated that he was unaware of any prior calls to the home.
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