Update:
The deceased have been identified as 32-year-old Heather Thompson, her two children, 4-year-old Arius and 13-year-old Isiah, and their grandmother, 88-year-old Evelyn Thompson.
Sheriff Chris Davis says evidence on the scene indicates Heather Thompson shot the other three before turning the gun on herself. The sheriff says there was no history of domestic or mental illness calls to the household, and that Thompson was estranged from the father of the children.
Previously reported:
It was a harrowing start to the new year, as police investigate a violent crime out of Humphreys County.
County officials tell us a family of four was found shot and killed inside a home in the Waverly area Friday morning. Deputies were carrying out a welfare check when they discovered the bodies of two women and two young boys, all related.
The Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said they were all found with gunshot wounds inside the house on East Little Richland Road.
"Here again, small town America. Here again, I know the families," said Davis. "So we're gonna do right by them. We're gonna respect them and we're gonna do right by them."
Local law enforcement, joined by the TBI, are now investigating this as a possible homicide.
"It's sad...scary, because we live right next door," said one neighbor, Annette Dombrowski.
"It's...it's sad. I have 3 kids of my own, and I could only imagine what I would do if something happened to my kids," added another neighbor, Frankie Thompson.
"The town of Waverly's been through a lot," she went on. "We've had the flood that happened, and then we just had the explosion that happened..."
The Sheriff said there was no call history at this address.
He also said he does not believe there is an outside suspect and that there's no ongoing threat to the public.
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