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AMARILLO, Texas — West Texas authorities are describing the shooting deaths of a woman and her three young children as a murder-suicide.

The Potter County sheriff’s office said Friday that 34-year-old Michelle Stone and her children, ages 4 to 8, all were found dead of gunshot wounds in a recreational vehicle on land where the family was building a home in Amarillo.

In categorizing the deaths as a murder-suicide, authorities did not specify that Stone was the shooter. No suspects are being sought.

The bodies were discovered Thursday when authorities responded to an emergency call and found the RV on fire.

Stone’s husband and two older children were not harmed. One of the older children had alerted a neighbor to the fire.

Authorities have not given a motive for the shooting.

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