Teen brother and sister found dead in Meeker County house

March 2, 2016 at 4:10PM

The Meeker County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are investigating the deaths of two teenage siblings found in their residence on Monday.

Deputies were called to a house on the 56900 block of 340th Street in Harvey Township around 2:35 p.m. They found two bodies inside, later identified as 17-year-old David L. Cunningham and 15-year-old Jessica K. Cunningham, the Sheriff's Office said. Both died of gunshot wounds at the family home.

Birth records indicate that the teens were biological siblings. David Cunningham was a student at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City High School.

There is "no known threat to the public at this time," and no suspects are being sought, Sheriff Brian Cruze said in a news release.

No other details have been released. The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office also responded to the scene.

In the past, similar circumstances have pointed to murder-suicide.

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