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MOOREFIELD -- Police say a mother shot her two children, who both died from the wounds, and then committed suicide Thursday evening.
Brandi Baker, 38, of Moorefield, and her nine-month old infant both died from gunshot wounds, officials said. The second child was in critical condition after being transported to Morgantown Medical Center, but then died Friday from the injuries.
Moorefield Police Department officers responded to a call of gunshots at a residence on Winchester Avenue at about 6:40 p.m. Thursday evening, according to a MFP press release. Inside the home officers found Baker and the infant, who were pronounced dead at the scene by the Hardy County Medical Examiner.
The second child was located within the residence, also suffering from a gunshot wound, and was then transported by ambulance from the scene and later to Morgantown, police said. The second child was reported in critical condition at Morgantown Medical Center on Thursday evening, but died Friday after being transferred to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
"Initial observations at the scene indicate Baker, the mother of the children, inflicted the gunshot wounds and took her own life," the release states.
The incident remains under investigation by the Moorefield Police Department.