Roger Hanks is accused of killing 75-year-old wife and 37-year-old daughter at their home in East Marlborough Township, Chester County in the early evening hours of Thursday, April 25.
The alarm was raised when cops received calls for reports of a shooting at a home on the 200 Block of Wiltshire Drive. Upon arrival, Hanks, 76, was directed out of his house through the garage and then arrested.
Inside the home, police found two unresponsive victims with gunshot wounds laying on the ground. Emergency services made attempts to save their lives, but sadly, the victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
District Attorney Christopher L. de Barrena-Sarobe said: "The defendant senselessly shot and killed his family because of a basic dispute. It is unfathomable that anyone would react this way.
"I want to thank the Pennsylvania State Police who acted quickly and arrested the Defendant after being dispatched to the scene.”
The incident appears to be isolated and police do not believe there is a threat to the general public. Hanks has been charged with two counts of murder of the first degree and other charges.
He is being held at the Chester County Prison without bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 8. Anyone with any information about the event should contact the Pennsylvania State Police Avondale at 610-268-2022.
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