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4 bodies, including 1 child, found in Alaska hotel room, police say

FAIRBANKS, Ala. -- Fairbanks police are investigating an incident at a local hotel that left four people dead, CBS affiliate KTVA reports

According to a release from the Fairbanks Police Department, officers and the Fairbanks Fire Department responded to the Hampton Inn at 433 Harold Bentley Ave. after hotel staff called about a “suspicious circumstance.”

When officers arrived to the scene, they found a man sitting in the hallway crying. Police say he directed them to a nearby hotel room where officers found the four people — three adults and a child — dead of apparent gunshot wounds.

Police are withholding names, ages and genders of all involved, citing the ongoing investigation.

FPD stated there is no threat to public safety in this case. 

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