Junior member of Maryland fire company is killed by his father. Police say dad murdered his 2 children & wife while they slept and then shot himself.

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Maryland State Police are looking at the possibility that financial pressures are what pushed 38-year-old Charles Dalton to shoot and kill his wife and two children while they slept. Dalton then turned the shotgun on himself sometime late Thursday night or early Friday morning. The bodies were found at the family home in Mt. Airy in Carroll County.

The 14-year-old son, Charlie Dalton was a junior member of the Mt. Airy Volunteer Fire Company. He is listed on the department website as secretary/treasurer of the juniors (since removed). Mt. Airy VFC was dispatched to the call at the Dalton home on Friday.

Also killed were Charlie Dalton’s 7-year-old sister Emmaline and his 37-year-old mother Jennifer.