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WE BEGAN WITH WLWT NEWS 5’S KARIN JOHNSON. KARIN. KARI THEY ARE SEARCHING THE POND BEHIND THE APARTMENT WHERE FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED. THEY ARE LIKELY SEARCHING FOR ANY EVIDENCE TO CONNECT DETECTIVES TO THE KILLER. WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, THE DIVE TEAM PACKED UP AND DID NOT SAY IF ANYTHING WAS FOUND. POLICE CRUISERS LINE THE FRONT AND SIDE OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. BEHIND THE BUILDING A DIVE TEAM SEARCHES THE POND, LIKELY LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE, POSSIBLY WEAPONS, INSIDE A BLOODY CRIME SCENE. >> IT WAS MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS THAT WERE FIRED IN THE APARTMENT KARIN: FOUR PEOPLE MURDERED. AMONG THEM, 3 WOMEN AND A MAN, ALL FAMILY MEMBERS. THE HUSBAND OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS CALLED 911 LAST NIGHT AFTER HE SAID HE DISCOVERED THE BODIES. HE WAS CRYING AND SCREAMING FOR HELP, SAYING THEY’RE ALL ON THE GROUND THEY’RE BLEEDING. HE ALSO RAN TO NEIGHBORS APARTMENTS ASKING FOR HELP. >> THEY’RE JUST BANGING ON A- BUNCH OF DOORS LIKE SCREAMING PLEASE CALL THE POLICE, PLEASE CALL THE POLICE, PLEASE HELP ME >> HE JUST DOESN’T SOUND RIGHT. KARIN: A QUIET SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LAKEFRONT AT WEST CHESTER TURNED INTO THE LARGEST CRIME SCENE THE TOWNSHIP HAS SCENE IN MORE THAN A DECADE. >> WE GOT NOTIFIED THAT THERE WERE HELICOPTERS COMING IN. THERE WERE K9’S HERE FAIRFIE COPS, WEST CHESTER COPS. KARIN: NEIGHBORS WATCHED FROM THE EDGE OF THE CRIME SCENE TAPE STUNNED. >> WE DON’T HAVE STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPEN OUT HER THIS IS VERY SHOCKING FOR US. KARIN: THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INTO THE MORNING, AFTERNOON AND NOW EVENING HOURS. WEST CHESTER POLICE REMOVED AT LEAST 2 CARS FROM THE SCENE AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THEY DON’T BELIEVE THE SUSPECT IS AMONG THE DEAD. >> AT THIS TIME WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING THIS CASE, LOOKING TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT. THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY IS PARAMOUNT FOR US SO WE’RE DILIGENTLY WORKING TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE IN TH COMMUNITY. KARI THE POLICE CHIEF BELIEVES THIS IS AN EIFERT INCIDENT, -- THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT SO THEY DON’T WANT PEOPLE PANICKING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE THEY WERE WANTED TO TALK TO TO DETERMIN

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A homicide investigation is underway after four family members were shot and killed at the Lakefront at West Chester apartment complex Sunday. Police responded to the scene around 9:40 p.m. for a call of four people down inside an apartment on Wyndtree Drive, police said.Police found four adults -- three women and one man -- dead inside the apartment from multiple gunshot wounds. The victims were all related and lived in the home together, West Chester Police Chief Joel Herzog said. In a 911 call released by police, an emotional family member tells a dispatcher he came home to find his wife and three other family members bleeding. "My wife and my family are bleeding .. they're on the ground and they're bleeding," the caller said to the dispatcher. Police confirmed the caller was a family member that discovered the victims. The caller was not taken into custody, police said. Two neighbors also called 911."There was someone banging on the door telling us to call the police," one neighbor said.Police also said there was some smoke in the building, possibly from something cooking on the stove. Herzog later said the fire was not intentional. Multiple police agencies are canvasing the area for witnesses and are using every resource they have, Herzog said. A forensic dive team was seen searching the pond near the apartment complex Tuesday for possible evidence related to the incident. The Butler County Emergency Management Department was assisting in the search Tuesday for evidence along with the county's air and light unit to help divers refill their air bottles."We have plenty of witnesses so far that have come forward of what they've heard and what they saw, and we're compiling all that now and following up on those leads," Herzog said.There is no suspect information at this time."At this time, we are actively working this case, looking to identify a suspect. The safety of the community is paramount for us, so we're diligently working to ensure that everybody is safe in the community," Herzog said. "I don't feel there's any danger in the community down there."Police said it does not appear that the shooter is among the dead or that anyone returned fire.Herzog said it is too early to name any persons of interest or suspects. In the last 10 years, there have been calls to police at the apartment for assault reports and theft, Herzog said. He said it's unclear if the victims lived there when the calls were made since it was over a period of a several years. Police said children do live in the home, but weren't there at the time of the shooting and are currently with other family members.Police said there is no immediate threat to neighbors and no nearby schools are on lockdown but are aware of the situation.Police told residents to be diligent about their surroundings and report anything unusual, saying "nothing is too small." Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call West Chester police.