4 people, including 3 children, found fatally shot inside Virginia home - NBC News

A Maryland man gunned down a Virginia woman and 3 of her children, 2 of whom were fathered by the alleged killer, authorities said Friday.

Officers successful Chesterfield County, Virginia, answered reports of a disturbance astatine 5 a.m. EST successful the 4200 artifact of Laurel Oak Road and a payment cheque led to the gruesome find wrong the house, according to a constabulary statement.

The victims, who each lived there, were aboriginal identified arsenic JoAnna M. Cottle, 39, and her children Kaelyn M. Parson, 13, Kinsey M. Cottle, 4, and Jayson L. Cottle, 4, constabulary said.

All 4 victims were pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

An probe is underway aft 4 people, including children, were recovered changeable to decease wrong a Chesterfield location Friday morning.WWBT

Jonah L. Adams, 35, was aboriginal arrested by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents successful Maryland and booked connected suspicion of 4 counts of first-degree murder, authorities said.

“Adams was antecedently successful a narration with JoAnna Cottle and is the begetter of Kinsey Cottle and Jayson Cottle,” according to the constabulary statement.

It was not instantly wide precocious Friday day if Adams, from Waldorf, Maryland, had hired an lawyer oregon was appointed one.