WASHINGTON, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A hostage situation in the U.S. state of Florida ended Monday with four children dead and a police officer wounded, according to local authorities.
Responding to a domestic violence call late Sunday, police in the Florida city of Orlando found a gunman barricading himself in an apartment with four young children.
Police barged into the apartment Monday evening after a nearly 24-hour-standoff, finding that the children, aged one, six, ten and eleven, had all died.
Orlando Police Chief John Mina told a press briefing at midnight that "a short time ago we made entry into the apartment and found that all four children have been killed by the suspect by apparent gunshot wounds."
The time of the children's death is unclear, he added.
