Eight family members found dead in burning house were shot in ‘murder-suicide’

Family members previously told the Tulsa World the couple were experiencing financial difficulties.

From left: Brian Anthony Nelson II, Kurgan Nelson, Ragnar Nelson, Brantley Nelson and Vegeta Nelson are seen in a framed photograph in their grandparents’ apartment in Tulsa (Andrea Eger/Tulsa World/AP)

Eight members of an Oklahoma family found dead inside their burning house were shot, preliminary post-mortem examination reports show.

The bodies of Brian Nelson, 34, his wife Brittney Nelson, 32, and their six children were found inside the home in Broken Arrow, a Tulsa suburb, in October.