[(Title)]Delaware man fatally shot wife, three kids in murder-suicide

A Delaware family with three young children were found dead in their home in what police believe to be a murder-suicide.

美国特拉华州一个家庭全家惨死，警方认为是谋杀自杀案。

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A couple and three young children were found fatally shot at their Delaware home in what police described Tuesday as a murder-suicide.

周二，一对夫妇和三名幼童遭到致命枪击。特拉华州警察局在新闻发布会上确定这对夫妇是42岁的马修·爱德华斯和他41岁的妻子朱莉·爱德华斯。

Delaware State Police identified the couple in a news release as Matthew Edwards, 42, and his wife, Julie Edwards, 41.

Police did not release their children's names, but said they included a 4-year-old girl and two boys, 6 and 3, respectively.

警方没有透露孩子的姓名，但表示其中包括一名4岁女孩和两名男孩，男孩分别是6岁和3岁。

Troopers called to the Prices Corner home Monday night found Julie Edwards and the three children dead in the home from apparent gunshot wounds and Matthew Edwards dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

警方说，发现他们一家时，朱莉和三名儿童明显是受到枪击而死，而马修则是因开枪自杀而死。

The bodies were turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science, which ruled their deaths murder and suicide by gunshot.

这些尸体被移交给特拉华州法医部门，该部门判定死因是枪击杀害和自杀。

Neighbor Wilfredo Rivera, 60, said Tuesday that he saw the father and children at their home Sunday and spoke to Matthew Edwards.

60岁的邻居说，上周日的时候，他还和马修·爱德华斯说过话。

The children were playing with scooters and Edwards was cooking and going in and out of the home, he said.

他说，当时孩子们正在玩滑板车，爱德华兹正在做饭，准备出门。

"He told me he was having marital problems," Rivera said.

“他告诉我他的婚姻有问题，”里维拉说。

The couple had lived there for more than a decade and the husband had lost his job and took one in Virginia, he said.

他说，这对夫妇已经在那里生活了十多年，丈夫丢了工作，然后在弗吉尼亚找了一份工作。

"He seemed like an average guy," he said.

“他看起来是个普通人，”他说，"还会带着孩子出去玩耍。"

"He would come outside with his kids and play."