AN eerie police call from a home where a family has been found dead allowed dispatchers to hear a "male screaming."
Andrew Robinson, 56, his wife Linda, 55, and their 12-year-old son, Sebastian, were found dead with gunshot wounds inside their $2million Andover, Massachusetts home this week.
3
3
3
While officers were responding to the 911 call, in which dispatchers say they heard "things smashing," they warned them to be aware once they arrive.
"One of the statements was, ‘Kill me now,’ so be careful," the dispatch said, according to Fox News.
Though the call has been released to the public, officials "won’t say who made the call," WBZ reporter Anna Meiler said in a tweet.
Authorities have noted that no one else was in the house beside the parents and their son and that police had never been called to the home before.
More on murder
Because no one else was reported in the home, many have assumed Andrew Robinson to have committed a murder-suicide.
The father's license to carry firearms expired last February and he was last known to own two guns.
He also left his job at Channel Building Co. about six months ago, the Boston Globe reported.
The police who responded to the call made at 3.21am even had to break into the home, telling dispatch they weren't "getting any entrance to the door."
Most read in The US Sun
"It seems pretty quiet... we tried a couple times but no answer," the law enforcement officer added.
Just minutes later the officers said: "Based on the 911 call, we're making every effort to get into the house. It seems there was an altercation going on."
The officers are then heard saying, "It looks like there’s somebody on the floor in the back,” while calling for a medic.
"It looks like it's going to be a double," they added.
"Another male... gunshot wound to the head," an officer said in the recording per Fox News.
'DEVASTATING SHOCK'
During a press conference at the scene, Andover Police Chief Patrick Keefe said the agency knows "the how."
He went on to say: "We’re trying to figure out the why right now, so we’re going to need some time to figure that out."
Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker even informed the community that there was no threat to the public, explaining that the incident was "contained" in the home.
The Head of St. John's Prep, which is the all-boys Catholic school that Sebastian attended, said, in a statement, that the "close-knit" community is "heartbroken."
The school also planned a prayer vigil for the tween, Dr. Ed Hardiman said.
"Sebastian was well known in our middle school for his creativity, his passion for learning and his presence as a kind and gentle soul," Hardiman added.
"In the classroom, he was eager to ask why and how, and for more depth about the subject matter,
"He was also an enthusiastic participant in our co-curricular programming, especially our string orchestra and service projects.
Read More on The US Sun
His statement went on to say: "Understandably, this news comes as a profound and devastating shock to the St. John’s Prep community.
"As a school with a values-rich and faith-based mission, in times of trouble and grief we turn to our faith and to prayer as we seek to console and support each other and all those impacted by this tragic situation."
