Four people were killed and another was critically injured in a grisly shooting and stabbing spree early Wednesday at a New Orleans-area apartment complex, officials said.
(FOX)- The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department said it received a call around 3:30 a.m. local time from a woman who said she was shot at the apartment complex in Metairie, located about 9 miles outside downtown New Orleans.
Officials first arriving at the scene found three bodies and an injured woman in one apartment. The bodies were later identified as 40-year-old Kyle Turner, 56-year-old John Edward Henry and 61-year-old Rosemary Charles, FOX 8 New Orleans reported.
All three of the victims in the apartment died from gunshot wounds to the head. The injured woman is hospitalized and listed in stable condition, according to police.
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s department, Col. John Fortunato, told FOX 8 they believe the shooter entered the apartment, shot the victims and left.