10-Year-Old Twins Shot in the Back of the Head by Their Dad in 'Cowardly' Murder-Suicide

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Chicago police believe a father fatally shot his twin 10-year-old children on Monday before turning his shotgun on himself.

They were both shot in the back of the head.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed the “senseless” killings in a brief statementon Twitter after the shooting:

Leslie Lawrence, a neighbor who lives below Sanders’ apartment, told theSun-Timesthat she woke up to the sound of three loud gunshots at 5:15 a.m. There was a pause between each shot, she recalled.

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Lawrence told the paper that Sanders seemed to suffer from depression.

“I saw it in his face and his tone, so, me being friendly, I’d try to give him a couple of words, crack a joke,” Lawrence said, adding that she had never suspected Sanders would harm his children.

When they weren’t living with their mother, who shared joint custody of them with Sanders, they were playing outside together or going to a ball game. The children would come over to their father’s every other weekend, theSun-Timesreports.

“I don’t know why he did this,” Adams told the paper. “I know he had some issues … but he loved his kids, it makes no sense.”

Said neighbor Iulia Oarca: “I’ve heard about robberies, but never anything that bad. I can’t believe this happened here.”

A motive remains unclear as police continuing to investigate.

source: people.com