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Five people have been found dead at a North Carolina home after one of them apparently killed the others and then themselves, police said.
The bodies of two adults and three children were discovered at a property northeast of High Point city centre on Saturday morning, according to High Point police.
Authorities did not say how they died but the press release said the killings are being investigated as a "murder-suicide".
There is no ongoing threat to the community, investigators said.
Authorities said that officers were called to the residential neighbourhood at just after 7am after reports of a man and woman "screaming for help".
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The bodies were discovered at a home in High Point, North Carolina (WFMY News2)Police captain Matt Truitt told WFMY that that two adults had been seen "running down the street...screaming that they needed help".
Police said that they came across the pair when they arrived at the scene and they stated to officers that they needed help.
Officers then forcefully entered the property — where they then found the bodies.
The identities or ages of the victims have not been released.
Police said there is no ongoing threat to the community (WFMY News2)Captain Truitt confirmed to the Greensboro News And Record that the two people who ran from the property were uninjured.
He told the publication that one of the two lives at the home while the other person was a visitor.
Authorities also confirmed that there is no ongoing threat to the community.
Police are investigating the deaths (WFMY News2)The incident is under investigation and police have urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers of High Point at 336-889-4000.
The deaths come just days after a family of eight were shot and killed in Utah in a separate incident, in what police say was also a murder-suicide.
Michael Haight, 42, is suspected of shooting his five children, wife and mother-in-law inside the family's home in Enoch City on Wednesday - before turning the gun on himself.
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