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Subscribe to RSSLas Vegas police say a 9-year-old boy showed up at his elementary school on Monday and told the staff that his mom and sister were dead at home, just a half-mile away, according to local media reports.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, police headed to the child's West Las Vegas home to discover a grisly scene: Two dead bodies, an injured man covered in blood and 4-year-old boy.
The bodies were described as an adult female and a minor, also a female, the Sun reported. The man suffered from unspecified injuries; the 4-year-old was unharmed, according to the Sun.
Police described the 9-year-old as distressed, but uninjured when he showed up for class at Hoggard Elementary School and told the about his family's fate, the Sun reported.
No further information was available; police are still investigating the double slaying.
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