Oklahoma mother and 3 children dead after hourslong standoff, police say
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An Oklahoma mother and her three children were killed in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide after an hourslong standoff with police at a home in Verdigris.
The victims have yet to be identified, and there has been no confirmation of the children's ages. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
The standoff began in the small town northeast of Tulsa at around 4 p.m. Thursday, when police officers on patrol in the area were flagged down by a firework erupting outside a home, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) spokesperson Hunter McKee said.
"It was at that time that officer knew that there was something wrong, went to investigate, called for backup," McKee said.