Bodies Found In Guesthouse

"WAYNE, PA — A quiet residential street in the affluent Main Line hamlet of Wayne was jolted yesterday afternoon by an apparent murder/suicide that orphaned three children.

"`At 2:20 p.m., we received a report of a shooting at 319 S. Wayne Ave., and later discovered that the person who made the call was actually the same person who committed the shooting,` said Radnor Township Police Chief William Colarulo.

"`This was a couple in their 40s,` Colarulo said. `The female was shot at least twice. The male suffered one gunshot wound that appears to be self-inflicted. The weapon was a .357 Magnum.`

"Colarulo said the shooting happened at a guesthouse not attached to the couple's home. He said an 8-year-old son was in a bedroom of the main house at the time of the shooting, and was not aware it had occurred.

"The couple's 17-year-old daughter was not at home. Another daughter, 15, was away at boarding school in Minnesota.

"`This is a tragic situation for everyone involved, especially for those children,` Colarulo said.

"He said police, who did not release the couple's identity last night, believe the shooting was related to a domestic dispute because the shooter "left documents out for his children to find."

"Colarulo said: `This is an open-and-shut case as far as we're concerned. Now the real tragedy starts because you have three children who have no parents.`"

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