Woman accused of shooting, killing parents

BEDFORD, Mass. — A woman is facing multiple charges after her parents were both shot and killed in Bedford, Massachusetts Thursday morning.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Bedford Chief of Police John Fisher confirmed that Jessica Cavallaro, 24, has been charged with murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and illegal possession of a firearm in the alleged shooting of her parents.

Bedford Police Department said that they received a call around 9 a.m. Thursday by a resident who reported that Cavallaro allegedly told them that she shot her parents. Ryan said that the caller went outside and found a man and woman with gunshot wounds in a car, according to The Associated Press.

A 56-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, Ryan said according to the AP. The man, 56, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police later announced that he later died.

A handgun was found at the scene, according to WFXT.

Police have not released the names of the victims, the news outlet reported.

Officials say that Cavallaro is the “significant other” of a resident who lived in the house where the 911 call came from. She lives at a different address, WFXT reported. Her parents live in a different part of Bedford. Ryan said it was unclear why they were in the neighborhood where the incident occurred.

The motive behind the shooting remains under investigation.

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