march 4, 2008

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4 adults, 2 kids killed in Memphis home

WHO: Four adults and two children
WHERE: Memphis, Tennessee
WHEN: Monday March 4, 2008
WHAT: The four dead adults were shot and the two dead children were stabbed, sources told CNN affiliate WMC-TV. At least one of the wounded children also was stabbed, police told the Commercial Appeal newspaper.
WHY: Memphis Fire Department spokeswoman Melanie Young said firefighters responded to a 911 call at a home at 6:11 p.m. Monday and found the bodies and wounded children. A 7-year-old boy, a 10-month-old girl and a 4-year-old whose gender wasn't immediately known were taken to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. The Commercial Appeal newspaper said one child was upgraded to stable condition late Monday, another was upgraded to critical and the third was still in extremely critical condition.
HOW: The newspaper reported that the shooting appeared to be the city's deadliest mass killing since 1973, when 28-year-old David Sanders randomly shot and killed five people before being shot dead by police. In 2000, police said firefighter Frederick Williams confessed to a shooting in Memphis in which four people were killed -- his wife, a sheriff's deputy and two fellow firefighters.