5 dead, including 2 teenagers, after quadruple murder-suicide at 2 homes in Minnesota

Five people, including two teenagers, were found dead in Minnesota in an apparent quadruple murder-suicide spread across two homes.

Officers responded to a welfare check at a home in the 6000 block of Tacony Street in Duluth just after 2 p.m., Duluth police said in a news release. A Superior city employee was concerned that a co-worker had not shown up for work, police said.

They found two people, 47-year-old Erin Abramson and her son, 15-year-old Jacob Nephew, dead of apparent gunshot wounds.

Police said they identified a suspect, 46-year-old Anthony Nephew, and initiated surveillance at his residence, located about a mile northeast of the first shooting scene.

Officers responded with drones and found two additional victims, 45-year-old Kathryn Nephew and her son, 7-year-old Oliver Nephew, who had also apparently died from gunshot wounds.

Officers said they also found the suspect there, who appeared to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Anthony Nephew was married to Kathryn Nephew and was Oliver's father. He was previously in a relationship with Erin Abramson and Jacob Nephew was her son, Duluth Police Chief Mike Ceynowa said at a news conference Friday.

Ceynowa added that during their investigation, officers had preliminarily identified a pattern of mental health problems in Anthony Nephewy.

There is no ongoing threat to the Duluth community, police said.

“I would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends and victims involved in this tragedy yesterday,” said Chief Ceynowa. “We would also like to extend our condolences to the Duluth community and the Superior community as this is a senseless and tragic event.”