5 Year Old Dead In Double Murder/Suicide

"FRENCH SETTLEMENT, LA - A Livingston Parish couple and their son are dead after a murder-suicide near French Settlement.

"The bodies of Joseph Shannon Shaffett, 39, Courtney Triche Shaffett, 33, and five-year-old Reese Shaffett were found by sheriff's deputies shortly before 3 p.m. Friday at a home on King George Bay Road.

"According to reports, it appears Joseph Shaffett shot his wife and son, then himself.

"`Words can't describe the feeling we're going through now. Let's not forget there are family members involved in this. Sisters, brothers, moms and dads, so it's just horrible,` said Chief Deputy Jason Ard with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.

"Ard said it is still too early in the investigation to tell why Shaffett may have shot his family. The Shaffett's have an older son, who was not home at the time of the shooting."

From WAFB.com...