HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) 鈥� A man killed his partner and their child at the Minnesota home daycare they own before taking his life, police said Wednesday.
Six other kids who were at the daycare have been reunited with their parents, and none were injured, according to authorities in Hopkins, a suburb of Minneapolis.
Hopkins Police Chief Brent Johnson said another parent called police after witnessing the attack while bringing a child to the home.
鈥淭here鈥檚 no worse scenario than this, where you drop off your child somewhere you think is safe, and you get that phone call,鈥� Johnson said at a news conference.
The police chief declined to say how the victims died. He said he didn鈥檛 know the relationship between the two adults who owned the daycare, but the child who died is believed to be theirs.
Johnson said killings are a 鈥渞arity鈥� in Hopkins and that his officers were shaken by the scene they found inside the home.
鈥淚 could see on the look on their faces that this was one of those ones that you鈥檒l remember for your entire career, if not life,鈥� Johnson said.
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