A woman and teenage girl found dead inside their Brooklyn home may have been killed in a murder-suicide, according to multiple police sources.
A cause and manner of death of the 37-year-old and the 14-year-old — believed to be her daughter — have not yet been determined.
Police were called just after 2:30 p.m. Monday to an apartment on New York Avenue near Avenue D in East Flatbush, police sources told NBC New York. Officers who responded found a the woman face up in the living room slashed in the face, along with a the teen girl found face down with head injuries. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. A dog was also found dead at the home, with two law enforcement sources telling NBC New York the canine had a bag over its head.It was not immediately clear when the killings took place or what were the circumstances surrounding them.
Police sources confirmed officers were called to the apartment on Friday after a neighbor reported hearing screaming from inside the home. "We heard screaming, the dog whimpering. I vividly remember telling 911, it sounds like someone was getting killed upstairs," Steve Schor said. He said officers came to the building, but it was unclear if they ever made contact with anyone inside.
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