'A sense of numbness': Kerry village in shock after three die in suspected murder-suicide

Gardaí confirmed that all three bodies have gunshot wounds and that a firearm has been recovered at the scene

Gardaí have launched an investigation after three members of the same family were found dead following a suspected double murder-suicide tragedy in Kerry on Tuesday. Picture: Larry Cummins

There is a sense of “utter numbness” in the Co Kerry community where a man appears to have shot his partner and the couple’s son and then turned the gun on himself.

Parish priest Fr Anthony O’Sullivan, who gave the family the last rites late last night, said people are stunned.