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A domestic dispute led to a triple shooting in Clearcreek Township, police said.Clearcreek Township police said a man shot himself, his estranged wife and her brother Saturday evening in the 1300 block of Whispering Woods Lane.Watch this storyPolice called this a domestic situation, and believe the shootings were motivated by divorce."We understand they were going through a divorce. He was here on the property with them, and at some point in time he obtained a gun," Clearcreek Township Police Chief John Terrill said.He shot his wife and his brother-in-law before fatally shooting himself in the driveway of the residence, authorities said.The wife was taken to the hospital by medical helicopter. Police did not know the status of her injuries.Authorities said the brother was taken to Atrium Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the groinPolice said there were children in the home at the time of the shooting, but did not witness the shooting."It's disturbing for the children to have to be around something like that because that means not only were they around the shooting, but possibly whatever was going on beforehand," Fischer said.The residence belongs to the parents of the wife, according to police.Police haven't been able to clarify where the husband lives or if there have been any prior domestic calls before this happened.Authorities said they will bring a forensics team in to scour the area for evidence, in a crime so unsettling the police chief said he's never seen anything like it in nine years."You really can't judge any area that you're in. It can happen anywhere, any neighborhood," Fischer said.Warren County investigators expect to be on the scene for several hours Saturday night.