Three Dead In Quiet Neighborhood

"LANCASTER, OH — Three people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a Lancaster home early Tuesday morning. Lancaster police detectives are on the scene investigating

"Officers responded to a home in the 100 block of Cleveland Avenue in Lancaster just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday on a report of shots fired.

"Detectives say responding officers found three people shot at the scene. A man and a woman were pronounced dead on the scene and a second man was transported to Fairfield Medical Center where he later died. Detectives believe all three died of gunshot wounds.

"A neighbor says she heard a woman scream and then some popping noises, which were followed by police sirens. She says the neighborhood is usually a quiet place.

"The daughter of two of the deceased persons [said] her father, Kevin Adams, arrived at the home to find her mother, Stephanie Adams with her boyfriend. Their daughter says they recently divorced. The identity of the third male is not being released at this time.

"Detectives are not releasing any other details at this time but say that the crime scene is very large."

From WCMH-TV...