North Carolina house fire ruled murder-suicide; 4 shot, killed

DAVIE COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — 4 members of the family have been shot and killed on Monday in a Cooleemee residence, and a hearth was deliberately set within the residence, in line with the Davie County Sheriff’s Workplace.

On Monday afternoon, 4 members of the family have been discovered useless inside a house off of Junction Highway.

Deputies say a person was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. They’re investigating the incident as a murder-suicide and consider he shot and killed his girlfriend and two youngsters.

The DCSO initially responded to the scene to start an investigation as a result of some suspicious circumstances found by firefighters.

Deputies continued to analyze on Tuesday morning within the burnt-out residence, attempting to find out the reason for the fireplace and whether it is what killed the 4 folks inside, together with two youngsters who have been someplace between eight months and 4 years outdated, in line with deputies.

Throughout a information convention on Wednesday, Davie County Sheriff JD Hartman mentioned the fireplace was deliberately set and recognized the victims as:

• 26-year-old Aschod Ewing-Meeks

• 4-year-old Bella Ewing-Meeks

• 8-month-old Brixx Ewing-Meeks

A passerby seen the smoke Monday afternoon and alerted the firefighters on the nearest hearth station. As soon as they put out the fireplace, they discovered the household useless.

“It’s undoubtedly been an influence on the neighborhood, on the neighborhood. It’s not an space the place now we have quite a lot of calls or points,” Hartman mentioned. “The neighbors mentioned they have been good neighbors.”