Five Year Old Girl Survives Attempted Double Murder/Suicide

"WINTON, NC — Authorities in Hertford County are investigating a murder-suicide.

"Deputies have been at the scene all day, Friday, at a trailer park off 321 Tuscarora Beach Road in Winton.

"Authorities say James McCutcheon shot himself in the head and that Catherine McCutheon was shot in the chest and died. Their five-year-old daughter was shot in the side and is at the hospital. There's no word on her condition.

"David Parker, who lives in the neighborhood, says he saw a man with a handgun this morning. He says the man and his wife had separated and she and their child were going to be moving out this morning.

"Authorities confirm that the wife was apparently at the home to get her belongings when they were shot.

"Catherine's uncle was in the home helping her move out. He heard the shots but did not witness the shootings. He is at the hospital with the little girl."

From WVEC.com...