7 dead in execution style murder

Seven people, including a 6-month-old child and a newborn, were found shot to death Friday in rural Ohio in what the state attorney general and local sheriff said was an "execution-style killing." Officials said an eighth body was also found in Pike County, but the connection to the killing spree was not immediately clear.
The seven initial victims, apparently all members of the same family, were found in three homes in the small community of Peebles, about 75 miles east of Cincinnati.
A joint statement by the offices of Attorney General Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader, said no arrests had been made, but the incident was not being treated as an active shooter situation. "The investigation is in its very early stages, and authorities are still investigating to determine a motive, identify the deceased, and determine if the gunman is among the deceased individuals or on the loose," the statement said.
Phil Fulton, pastor of the Union Hill church, said the victims were all from the same family. Circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately clear.
Fulton described the victims as a woman, her ex-husband, her adult children and two grandchildren. He said he received the information on victims from family members and law enforcement officials.
A Pike County victims advocate said the victims included a 6-month-old and a 5-day-old child.
The pastor said the mother and children used to attend services at his church but hadn’t been there for some time.
Dozens of officers from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation were on the scene at the request of the Pike County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities allow crime scene investigation vehicles to pass a perimeter checkpoint near a crime scene, Friday, April 22, 2016, in Pike County, Ohio. Shootings with multiple fatalities were reported along a road in rural Ohio on…
Three ambulances were parked along Union Hill Road, which winds through a rural area of farms, widely spaced houses and open fields near Peebles, a town of 1,800 people. Police erected barricades to keep out traffic. Several schools in the area were placed on lockdown as a precaution.
The killings took place near the county line between Adams and Pike counties. Officers from both jurisdictions responded to the call, as did officers from Ross County.
The FBI office in Cincinnati tweeted it is closely monitoring the situation in Pike County and has offered its assistance.