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Dad kills three kids and wife in murder suicide

A man killed his wife and three teenage children in their beds before turning the shot gun on himself.

Brian Short, killed his family before turning the gun on himself.

A Minnesota man killed his wife and three teenage children before taking his own life in their Minneapolis home last week.

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Brian Short, the founder of a social networking service for nurses, AllNurses, is believed to have killed his family in their bedrooms according to the NY Post.

Officers found the family during a welfare check, which was conducted after co-workers told police the family hadn’t been seen in days.

The police found Karen Short, 48, and her children – Cole, 17, Madison, 15 and Brooklyn, 14, dead in their bedrooms while Brian was found dead in the eight car garage of his home.

All family members died of shotgun wounds to the head, and it is believed that Brain Short’s was the only self-inflicted wound.

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No motive for the murder suicide has been discovered at this time.

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