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Last updated on Wednesday, March 25, 2015
(INDIANAPOLIS—AP) - Three women and a man were found shot to death Tuesday in a house in a high-crime neighborhood in Indianapolis where officers found signs of forced entry, police said.
The shootings likely occurred Tuesday morning, and detectives were talking to neighbors who heard sounds earlier that might have been gunshots, Police Chief Rick Hite said. He pleaded for anyone with information on the killings to contact police.
"We don't believe this is random and we need the public's help," Hite said. "It's a tragic situation -- four people were shot in the house and four people were killed."
Hite said the victims were three women and a man but provided no other details. He said police have "some ideas" on what may have sparked the killings, but none that he could share.
Office Christopher Wilburn said the four bodies were found by a homeowner who returned home shortly before 9:45 a.m. and called 911.
By late morning, detectives and forensic investigators were moving in and out of the two-story, wood frame house through an enclosed, brick front porch while people gathered outside. Among the onlookers was Charles Richardson, who said his 58-year-old sister lives at the house and had discovered the bodies.
"She came home, and she found this," he said sadly.
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