4 adults found dead at home in a rural area near Colorado Springs after report of shooting

PEYTON, Colo. (AP) — Four adults were found dead inside a home in a rural area near Colorado Springs after a report of a shooting, authorities said Thursday.

The shooting was reported at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Colorado Springs, but deputies were not able to get there until after midnight because of the distance, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Deputies initially found a man outside the home with injuries that were not life-threatening, and a SWAT team later entered and found the four bodies, it said.

The SWAT team along with negotiators, police dogs and robotic assets responded to the home because of an initial concern that there might be one person still alive inside being held against their will, sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Marc Miller said.

The relationships of those found dead are under investigation, the sheriff’s office said.

Investigators are still looking into what everyone’s involvement was, but they are not searching for any suspects, Miller said: “Everybody that was involved has been accounted for, so we are not looking for any additional people.”

The injured man was taken to the hospital and has not been arrested, Miller said.

He said he could not comment on whether the dead people were shot.

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