Police Find Three Dead In Apartment Complex

"HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — State police continue to investigate after three people were found dead today in an apparent double murder/suicide at a Westmoreland County apartment complex.

"Police are now trying to determine the connection between the three people.

"Trooper Stephen Limani says someone reported hearing gunfire shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday at the Hempfield Heights complex on 154 West Hills Drive in Hempfield Township.

"A man and woman were found shot to death in the parking lot.

"State police went door to door, telling residents to stay inside while the SWAT team took up positions around the complex.

"`[Police] told everyone in there don’t leave at all,` a witness said.

"By late morning, police had identified the suspected shooter inside one of the apartments.

"Using a bullhorn, negotiators spent the better part of the day trying to convince the suspect to surrender.

"`Upon arrival to the scene, we discovered there were two individuals, a male and a female, who were deceased outside of a residence, one of the apartment complexes,` said Trooper Steve Limani, of Pennsylvania State Police. `We started an active investigation to look for the person that was the perpetrator in this particular case. We focused on one of the apartments, and subsequently, after several hours, were able to breach that apartment. And when we went inside, we found an individual deceased in there, which appears to be a self-inflicted type of gunshot wound.`

"Police have not released the names of the deceased, or speculated on a motive."

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