Mesa police find three dead adults in home, appears to be murder-suicide
Dec 23, 2017, 10:50 PM | Updated: Dec 24, 2017, 3:22 pm
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PHOENIX – The bodies of three adults were found in a Mesa home on Saturday afternoon, the Mesa Police Department said in a statement.
According to police, officers were dispatched to the Mesa neighborhood for a shots fired call around 2:30 p.m. Upon arrival, they were told that someone inside the residence may have been suffered a gun shot wound.
Upon entering, officers found three deceased adults inside the home, all showing signs of trauma.
The adults were identified as 47-year-old Jill Gifford, Bruce Gifford Sr., 67, and 45-year-old Benjamin Childs.
Police said they believe Bruce Sr. was at the home when Jill, his ex-wife and her companion, Benjamin, arrived, leading to an unknown altercation that resulted in the deaths.
Police are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide.
The investigation is on going.