Thanksgiving horror as killer shoots relatives
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November 28, 2009, Saturday
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THREE women and a child in bed were shot to death during a family Thanksgiving gathering in the United States and a manhunt was under way in Florida yesterday for a male relative suspected in the slayings.
Police said that 17 relatives were in the house when the shootings were reported around 10pm on Thursday in Jupiter, a small coastal town about 145 kilometers north of Miami.
Jupiter Police Sergeant Scott Pascarella said they were looking for Paul Michael Merhige, 35, a cousin of the 6-year-old victim, McKayla Sitton.
The others killed were Merhige's twin sisters, Carla Merhige and Lisa Merhige, 33, and an aunt, Raymonde Joseph, 76, police said.
Authorities said a fifth victim, Merhige's brother-in-law Patrick McKnight, was being treated at a hospital. His condition was not known.
"What led to this incident, we're not quite sure," he said. "It did not appear there was any altercation prior to this shooting."
Police said the home was owned by Jim Sitton, a photojournalist for WPTV-TV and father of the little girl killed. Sitton told WPTV his daughter was in bed when she was shot. He was at the party at the time of the shooting but was not wounded.
Police said that 17 relatives were in the house when the shootings were reported around 10pm on Thursday in Jupiter, a small coastal town about 145 kilometers north of Miami.
Jupiter Police Sergeant Scott Pascarella said they were looking for Paul Michael Merhige, 35, a cousin of the 6-year-old victim, McKayla Sitton.
The others killed were Merhige's twin sisters, Carla Merhige and Lisa Merhige, 33, and an aunt, Raymonde Joseph, 76, police said.
Authorities said a fifth victim, Merhige's brother-in-law Patrick McKnight, was being treated at a hospital. His condition was not known.
"What led to this incident, we're not quite sure," he said. "It did not appear there was any altercation prior to this shooting."
Police said the home was owned by Jim Sitton, a photojournalist for WPTV-TV and father of the little girl killed. Sitton told WPTV his daughter was in bed when she was shot. He was at the party at the time of the shooting but was not wounded.
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