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UPDATE: Coroner identifies couple killed by son

Police say an adult male in his 30s killed his parents and then himself. There were signs of gunshots and stab wounds. Police say the son may have suffered from mental illness.
Posted at 12:22 PM, Jun 01, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-02 13:46:49-04

LATEST UPDATE: The Clark County coroner has identified two of the deceased as 66-year-old Jan Morgan Wulf and 69-year-old Arthur Steven Wulf, both of Las Vegas. The third person has not yet been identified.

UPDATE: Las Vegas Police are investigating a double murder-suicide in Summerlin.

It was reported around 10:49 a.m. in a home near Town Center Drive and Hualapai Way.
 
According to police a son in his 30s shot and stabbed his parents before killing himself.
 
"What we have is a family tragedy," said Lt. Dan McGrath, the head of Metro's Homicide Unit.
 
According to McGrath, the son had mental health issues and a history of violent tendencies.  McGrath said he lived a transient life and was staying with his parents.
 
"I don't know what to say other than, to express our condolences you know to the family for what they have to go through, what they've gone through," said McGrath.
 
People who live in the area are shaken. 
 
"It's just terrible, they were nice people," said Jim Carolla tearing up and shaking his head.
 
Corolla lives just behind the house where police say the double murder-suicide happened.
 
Corolla said the parents were a nice couple in their late 60s, a lawyer and his wife from Chicago but police haven't confirmed that.
 
According to Corolla, the house was their vacation home.
 
"I'd say hello to them, I stopped and said hello about a month ago as I was coming back home, he was sitting out in front of his house in a lounge chair reading the paper," said Corolla of his last encounter with his neighbor.
 
Las Vegas police are still investigating.

UPDATE: Police say an adult male in his 30s killed his parents and then himself. There were signs of gunshot and stab wounds. Police say the son may have suffered from mental illness. Neighbors told 13 Action News that they never expected something like this happened. They also told 13 Action News that the home was occupied by a lawyer from Chicago and his wife.

ORIGINAL STORY:

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) -- Three people are dead after what appears to be a double murder-suicide on Wednesday.

It was reported around 10:49 a.m. at a residence near Town Center Drive and Hualapai Way.

The person who made the call was not at the residence, but met responding officers. Officers located 3 bodies inside the home.

Las Vegas police say the victims died from gunshot wounds. The Clark County coroner will release the names and ages of the deceased after relatives have been notified. 

13 Action News will post updates as they become available.

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