Sand Springs Community, Family Mourns After 3 Killed In Suspected Murder-Suicide
People in the Sand Springs community are mourning the loss of two children and their mother in a suspected murder-suicide.
Sand Springs police said a man killed his girlfriend and their two young daughters this weekend.
The family said they are in complete shock and heartbroken over what happened and they’re asking for help from the community.
Shelli Bunn said she has no idea what came over her cousin Phillip Ross over the weekend.
Sand Springs Police say Ross killed his girlfriend Stacey Smith and both of their young daughters, four-year-old River and two-year-old Piper. Investigators said Ross then killed himself.
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SAND SPRINGS, Oklahoma -
The Sand Springs Police Department has released new details in what officers are calling a gruesome triple murder-suicide that happened over the weekend.
Police identified the victims as 41-year-old Anastacia (Stacy) Lynn Smith, her 4-year-old daughter River Gale Ross, and her 2-year-old daughter Piper Ann Ross.
Police said they believe 31-year old Phillip Ross killed his two little girls and their mother, before killing himself.
Chief Mike Carter said this was the worst thing he’s seen in his 28 years in law enforcement. The community is hurting right now because this tragedy not only affects the people that were there, but their loved ones, their friends, their churches. One of the things that makes Sand Springs great is we come together in times like this, said Carter.