Family massacre shakes small town in apparent murder-suicide: 'Four tragedies all at once'

Two parents and their 2 teen children were changeable and killed successful what Pennsylvania officials are saying is an evident murder-suicide.

While the probe is inactive successful the preliminary stages, Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible called the incidental a triple murder-suicide.

The DA's bureau and the North Sewickley Township Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that archetypal responders were called to the Pittsburgh suburb of North Sewickley connected Sunday astatine astir 8:30 p.m. pursuing reports of shots fired. Authorities aboriginal determined that the 911 telephone came from wrong the home.

When officers arrived, they recovered the bodies of the parents, Clifford, 51, and Michelle Hunt, 48, and their 2 teen boys, 18-year-old Clifford Jr. and his 16-year-old brother, successful sedate condition. The teens, who each had gunshot wounds to their heads, were rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital, but died connected Monday.

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The DA said a preliminary probe shows Clifford Hunt Jr., changeable and killed his parents and brother, earlier turning the weapon connected himself. (Michelle Tomecsko Hunt via Facebook)

Authorities said that a preliminary probe revealed that Clifford Jr. changeable and killed his parents and brother, earlier turning the weapon connected himself.

"At this stage, it does look similar the older son, Clifford Jr., whitethorn person been the past 1 alive. There were respective weapons taken from the scene," Bible told WTAE-TV. "We are inactive sorting retired what weapons were utilized and connected who, trying to portion unneurotic a timeline of what mightiness person happened."

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Police were called to the Hunts' location successful North Sewickley, Pennsylvania, connected Sunday. (Google Maps)

The tiny municipality was near reeling aft the homicides, with 1 nonmigratory commenting that it was hard for radical to "wrap their heads around" the shootings.

Jennifer Lanham, who worked adjacent the Hunts' home, was told by 1 of her employees that constabulary asked them to adjacent their store retired of an abundance of caution pursuing the incident. 

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"Everybody present knows everybody. You know, we're a precise tight-knit community. Everybody looks retired for everybody. So, thing similar this is simply a calamity beyond comparison here," Lanham told WTAE-TV.

"It's truly scary. It's truly hard to truly wrapper your caput astir thing similar this, due to the fact that that's a aggregate homicide successful a small, tiny town," she told the outlet. "You conscionable don't perceive that each day, and it's staggering."

A person of Michelle's remembered the 48-year-old ma of 2 arsenic an carnal lover. 

"It’s not lone one tragedy, but it’s 4 each astatine the aforesaid time," Autumn Ashurst told WTAE-TV. "People are, one, hopeless for answers and, two, hopeless to spot however they tin assistance out."

Michelle and Cody Hunt were remembered for their emotion of aviation and their unpaid enactment astatine a section museum. (Air Heritage Aviation Museum )

Michelle and Cody shared the emotion of aviation and volunteered astatine Air Heritage Aviation Museum successful Beaver Falls. The nonprofit shared that they volition beryllium "greatly missed" astatine the museum.

"Michelle held the presumption of caput for the past 2 years. Both Michelle and Cody were enthusiastic C-123K Fairchild Provider ‘Thunder Pig’ unit members. They often flew unneurotic connected the Thunder Pig to aerial shows and flyovers and were precise arrogant of the information that it is the past known C-123 inactive flying successful the world," the depository wrote successful a statement. "They some loved and had a immense cognition of the craft and enjoyed sharing its past with radical who toured it during aerial shows."

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The depository noted that Cody had precocious passed his exams for his pilot's licence and dreamed of flying for the Air Force. They said that Michelle was a committed unpaid who "always showed up with a grin connected her look and acceptable to work."

"She and Cody volition beryllium greatly missed by everyone astatine the depository and by each of the visitors that she joyfully greeted astatine the museum," they said. "Both Michelle and Cody volition beryllium honored and memorialized astatine the depository truthful that each who participate volition cognize of their publication and selfless work to our organization. May they some alert precocious connected the wings of angels."

Cody Hunt dreamed of joining the U.S. Air Force aft graduation. (Michelle Tomecsko Hunt via Facebook)

In a statement released earlier this week, Cody’s school, Riverside High School, paid tribute to the 11th-grader by highlighting his emotion for aviation, information successful the school's marching set arsenic a saxophonist and his compassion for others.

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"Cody’s schoolroom teachers and friends would accidental helium was kindhearted and ever helped others. Everyone astatine Riverside volition miss him dearly," the connection said.

Bill Hunt was recovered dormant alongside his wife, Michelle, successful what authorities are calling a triple murder-suicide.  (Bill Hunt via Facebook)

Michelle Hunt's person organized a GoFundMe to assistance screen the costs of the 4 funerals. (GoFundMe)

Elsewhere, the assemblage pooled their efforts to grant the household by launching a GoFundMe aimed astatine covering the outgo of 4 funerals.

"The Unthinkable has happened to each who knew and loved them and this calamity has devastated the community," a connection from Autumn Stang, the organizer of the GoFundMe, said. "This household of 4 from North Sewickley mislaid their lives successful a calamity that we are each inactive struggling to wrapper our heads around."

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In a post pursuing the shooting, the North Sewickley Police Department said it was "a contained incident" and that determination was nary menace to the public.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Riverside Beaver County School District and the Air Heritage Aviation Museum for comment.