The Associated Press
ENFIELD, Conn. -- Police on Sunday said the fatal shootings Saturday night of two men and two women were a triple homicide and a suicide.
Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza said the suspected shooter, an 81-year-old man, left a two-page note in the condominium where he is believed to have killed the three others before killing himself. The note explained what he was thinking, police said.
The letter nor its contents were made public.
Police have not identified the four people or described their relationships with each other, except to say they were acquaintances. The two women were 80 and 49, and the other man was 53, police said.
Police also found about a half dozen shotguns and rifles, Sferrazza said.
Officers found the bodies after being called to the complex at 8:25 p.m. and forced their way into the unit, he said. Two bodies were discovered together in the living room, and the other two were in separate bedrooms.
Sferrazza said police believe the shooter called a friend after killing the three others, and that the friend called 911.
The police chief said the shootings were not random or part of a home invasion.
“There’s absolutely no need for anybody to fear that there’s somebody dangerous running around with a firearm,” Sferrazza said. “We have a pretty good idea of what transpired.”
“They succumbed to gunshot wounds,” Sferrazza said Sunday morning.
The victims’ bodies were taken to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsies and to be identified.
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