Four people in the Glenview community were shot and killed in what Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp described as a home invasion.
Tripp said the four people murdered were of senior citizen age. The murders occurred sometime Sunday and were discovered this morning after a family member went to the residence for a welfare check.
Tripp said there appeared to be no signs of a struggle. Items were missing from the residence.
The sheriff’s offices of Nash and Northampton counties are assisting in the investigation as well as the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.
No further details were immediately available as of this report.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the sheriff’s office at 252-583-8201, Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444 or the SBI at 919-779-8188.