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.