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County coroner on scene of deadly shooting in York County

UPDATE:  York County Coroner identify victims in murder/suicide as 81 year old Shirley P. Westheafer. She died from a gunshot to the head. Her death is ruled a ...

UPDATE:  York County Coroner identify victims in murder/suicide as 81 year old Shirley P. Westheafer. She died from a gunshot to the head. Her death is ruled a homicide.  Her son 57 year old Donald James Cassel, Jr., also died of a gunshot to the head. His death is ruled a suicide.

Pennsylvania State Police remain at the scene of an apparent murder/suicide shooting at a home on Rocky Wood Lane in Warrington Township, York County.  It happened at about 2:20 this afternoon.

Police say a woman inside the home called 911 to report that her husband had just shot his mother and then turned the gun on himself.  The weapon used was a shotgun.  The identities of the victims have not been released. The woman who called 911 was not injured.

So far police do not have a motive for the shooting.

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