Authorities are investigating a murder-suicide at a Daphne home early Thursday that left two children dead in a case that the Baldwin County sheriff described as “tragic as it comes.”

The killing occurred sometime during the early morning hours at a house on Sable Court, a quiet subdivision off Milton Jones Road and Alabama State Route 181 in Daphne.

The shooter has since been identified as 44 year-old Kenneth O’Neil Smith Jr. The victims have been identified as Larrica Gaines Smith, 41; Khristian Smith, 15; and Kinsley Smith, 11.

According to Baldwin County Sheriff Anthony Lowery, authorities received a call around 3:20 a.m., entered the home and found an entire family of four dead from gunshot wounds.

Lowery said the two children attend two different public schools in Daphne. Counsel

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