Two adults found dead are suspects in the deaths of six juvenile victims found inside the home.
Update (10 a.m. Friday): The two adults found dead in a Broken Arrow home Thursday are considered suspects in a homicide investigation, according to police.
“Preliminary details into this investigation have determined this incident is likely a murder-suicide,” police said in a news release, adding the decedents were one family believed to have lived in the home.
Six juvenile victims ranged from age 1 to 13, police said. They were found in one room of the house where the fire was contained, but none of the victims are believed to have died due to the fire, according to authorities.
None of the individuals have been identified, though next of kin have been notified, the release states.
Investigators recovered firearms from inside the home.
Authorities expect to continue the investigation “for some time,” according to BA Fire Chief Jeremy Moore.
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BAPD says anyone experiencing distress related to the investigation is encouraged to call Mental Health Association Oklahoma’s hotline: 918-585-1213.
The story below published in Friday’s Tulsa World:
BROKEN ARROW — Eight people were found dead following a house fire, leading to what police described as a homicide investigation Thursday night.
Late Thursday night, police said a family of eight, two adults and six children, lived at the house. Police didn’t confirm if the victims included anyone from that family.
About 4:05 p.m. Thursday, neighbors reported a house fire in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue, northwest of Houston (81st) Street and Elm Place (161st East Avenue). The eight were found inside, police said.
“We do not currently believe there is an immediate threat to the public,” Broken Arrow police said in a social media post Thursday night.
“Understandably, this is a shock to Broken Arrow. It’s a safe city. Broken Arrow doesn’t have this kind of situation every day,” said BAPD spokesman Ethan Hutchins.
Authorities, he said, continue “to investigate the circumstances surrounding what happened here with this incident.”
“It’s a complex scene with a lot of moving parts in the state of the house, given the fire damage, so this remains under investigation,” he said.
The home is southwest of Broken Arrow’s Rose District and about 15 miles southeast of downtown Tulsa.
Hutchins said federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were at the scene to investigate the fire, as well as Broken Arrow police and firefighters.
“And so, we’re asking the community to please pray and come together because this is something that we don’t experience as a city very often,” Hutchins said.
Photos: Scenes from Broken Arrow house fire where eight were found dead
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Broken Arrow police investigate a murder-suicide after a fire was reported in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue on Oct. 27, 2022.
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Authorities investigate a murder-suicide in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue, northwest of Houston (81st) Street and Elm Place (161st East Avenue) in Broken Arrow early Friday. The six juvenile victims were found in one room of the house where the fire was contained, but none of the victims are believed to have died due to the fire, according to authorities.
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Authorities investigate a murder-suicide with six juvenile victims in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue, northwest of Houston (81st) Street and Elm Place (161st East Avenue) in Broken Arrow early Friday.
Broken Arrow Fire

Broken Arrow police investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities at the corner South Hickory Avenue and West Galveston Street on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022.
Broken Arrow Fire

Along with Broken Arrow police and firefighters, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue on Oct. 27, 2022.
Broken Arrow Fire

Along with Broken Arrow police and firefighters, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue on Oct. 27, 2022.
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Kris Welch walks by the home where a family of eight was found dead Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, in Broken Arrow. Welch, who owns the home, said the family had been renting there eight years. A murder-suicide investigation remains ongoing.
Broken Arrow Fire

Along with Broken Arrow police and firefighters, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue on Oct. 27, 2022.
Broken Arrow Fire

Along with Broken Arrow police and firefighters, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue on Oct. 27, 2022.
Broken Arrow Fire

Along with Broken Arrow police and firefighters, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue on Oct. 27, 2022.
Broken Arrow Fire

Along with Broken Arrow police and firefighters, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue on Oct. 27, 2022.
Broken Arrow Fire

Along with Broken Arrow police and firefighters, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities in the 400 block of Hickory Avenue on Oct. 27, 2022.
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