Twin
16-year-old sisters and their father were shot and killed in what appears to be
a murder-suicide inside their St. Charles, Illinois,home, according to reports.
The Associated
Press reports authorities were called to a luxury condominium complex shortly
after 5 p.m. on Friday by someone inside the home as well as neighbors who
heard gunshots from inside the home.
Deputy Chief
David Kintz named those who died as Brittany and Tiffany Coffland, both age 16,
and their father, 48-year-old Randall R. Coffland.
The teens
mother, Anjum Coffland, was shot and remains at Delnor Community Hospital in
stable condition.
Police tell
the Associated Press that they believe Randall shot his family in what appeared
to be a murder-suicide.
Police said the
couples were married but living at separate addresses, according to AP.
The Daily Herald reports that officers
responded to a report of domestic trouble Feb. 9 on the 100 block of South 5th
Avenue in St. Charles. The report indicated that nothing physical happened
during the previous incident, police said.
Authorities
declined to release the Feb. 9 report or address who fired the shots on Friday,
the outlet reports.
One neighbor
told WGNTV said she felt something was off that night. When I walked across the
street I had heard screams, Tammy Hartje said. I looked up and I noticed in
that apartment they had the door open and I was thinking that is weird because
it was so cold outside.
Mourners
have been contributing to a memorial on a bench near the scene, laying flowers
and candles throughout the weekend, according to the Daily Herald.
credit: people
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