RAYTOWN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say the killings of two brothers and another man in front of a suburban Kansas City home was a double homicide and a suicide.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 59-year-old Dale Villines, 57-year-old Christopher Bogert and 54-year-old Mark Bogert died Sunday night in Raytown, where they all lived.

They were found dead after a caller reported hearing gunfire and seeing bodies in front of a home.

The patrol hasn’t yet determined who fired the shots.

Autopsies are pending and the investigation is continuing.

 

 

JACKSON COUNTY, MO.— Law enforcement authorities are investigating after three men were fatally shot in Raytown.

Just before 8:30p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a Raytown home in the 11000 Block of E. 74th Terrace after receiving a 911 call, according to a media release.

The caller reported hearing gunfire and seeing bodies lying in front of the home.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said investigators were at the scene as of midnight waiting on search warrants to enter the house and search vehicles. Investigators were still determining if they thought the shooter was among the dead or was at large.

No other details were immediately released, including the names of the victims.

-The AP contributed to this report.