Cops: 5 dead in apparent murder-suicide near near Minneapolis

The South Lake Minnetonka Police were sent to a home in Greenwood, which is west of Minneapolis, after a co-worker of one of the victims became anxious because they did not show up to work. Officials at the children’s school were also concerned when the kids did not show up for class for the last two days.

A message left by Patch with South Lake Minnetonka Police seeking confirmation was not immediately returned. Siitari called the situation “tragic”, but said there is no threat to the public. The identities of the victims has not yet been released.

Siitari said the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office was processing a “complex crime scene”.

The Hennepin County Dispatch says the incident occurred at a lakeside home on Lake Minnetonka’s Saint Albans Bay.

Cops have told of finding five people, including three children dead in a luxury home in the tony suburb of Greenwood, Minnesota in a murder suicide pact belonging to Brian and Karen Short.

“I hope that people who have suicidal thoughts get help, because this is a tragedy that is not necessary”, she said.

Siitari says indications are that the deaths are a result of a murder-suicide.

The home, located on the 20000 of block Channel Drive in Greenwood, is taped off.