Harney County officials release more info in Idaho parents’ murder-suicide; their 2 children placed with family

(Update: Adding more details)

BURNS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two parents were killed and one of their two children were injured over the weekend in a shooting in remote Harney County that sheriff’s deputies determined to be a murder-suicide involving an Idaho family camping along a road in the area.

Deputies responded early Sunday to two separate reports of a shooting on Whitehorse Ranch Lane. When they arrived, “evidence indicated that a murder-suicide had occurred,” the agency said in a Facebook posting Monday.

Deputies found two adults who had died, an injured child and another child who was uninjured. The injured child was taken by Harney EMS to meet a Life Flight helicopter and flown to a Boise hospital. Deputies said Tuesday the child is expected to make a full recovery.

NewsChannel 21 learned on Wednesday that the two adults were parents of the children, who are now being taken care of by a family member in Idaho.