FALMOUTH, Va. -- A man fatally shot his girlfriend with an assault rifle and then used a handgun to kill their two young children and himself in a mobile home they shared, authorities said Tuesday. A neighbor reported hearing gunshots moments before a concerned relative arrived on Monday to check on the family. Latasha Thomas, 23, had called to say she was being physically assaulted by her boyfriend, investigators said. Thomas and Aaron P. Jackson, 24, died at the scene. Their children, ages 2 and 18 months who were shot in their cribs, were taken to area hospitals where they died, according to Stafford County sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy.
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