Police identify family members killed Thursday in South Hero

A South Hero man shot and killed his nephew on Thursday before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life, according to Vermont State Police.

The bodies of Andrew “Drew” Lalumiere, 35, and John Lalumiere, 68, were found late Thursday morning outside a home on Kibbe Farm Road in South Hero. John Lalumiere fatally shot Andrew Lalumiere with a handgun and then shot himself with the same weapon, according to a state police news release Friday evening.

Police said the circumstances and motive of the shooting were still under investigation. According to the news release, the men lived in separate homes on the same property on Kibbe Farm Road.

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