Police said two people were declared dead at the scene in Maguiresbridge on Wednesday morning. All three died from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
One adult male remains in hospital. Police confirmed they were all from the same household.<\/p>\n
Supt McGowan told a press conference police have commenced a murder investigation and are working to determine the circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Earlier, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said it received a call at 08:21 BST on Wednesday and sent three vehicles and the air ambulance to the scene.<\/p>\n
It added that one patient was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast by air ambulance and another was taken to South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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The PSNI have launched a murder investigation <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\n
Supt McGowan said it was a “harrowing scene” for officers to attend and a presence would remain in the area. <\/p>\n
He said the police have commenced a murder investigation and are working to determine the circumstances.<\/p>\n
He added that no arrests have been made at the minute and “it is not anticipated that they will be made”.<\/p>\n
The officer said there is a “limited domestic history” involving the people concerned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The Drumeer Road outside Maguiresbridge is a quiet rural area.<\/p>\n
The road has been closed from early this morning with a stationary police car blocking those approaching.<\/p>\n
A large media presence has gathered at the police tape as officers carry out work at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Democratic Unionist Party assembly member Deborah Erskine urged people not to speculate about the incident, while “police carry out their work”.<\/p>\n
“This is truly shocking and has stunned the entire community,” she added.<\/p>\n
“The area of Maguiresbridge where this has happened is a rural, quiet area and everyone is deeply affected by what has happened this morning.”<\/p>\n
Erskine said the incident has “caused widespread shock, not just in Maguiresbridge, but right across Fermanagh”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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DUP MLA Deborah Erskine said the community is in shock <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\n
“This is a small rural area, this road is a very rural road, things like this are completely unexpected in this part of the world.<\/p>\n
“The foremost in all in all of our thoughts will be with the family and what they have had to deal with today,” Erskine told BBC News NI.<\/p>\n
Sinn F\u00e9in MP Pat Cullen said her “thoughts are with the victims and their families at this tragic time”.<\/p>\n
“The community is heartbroken, as we are, and totally shocked at the news as any community would be.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Pat Cullen said the community is “heartbroken”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\n
Cullen also paid tribute to the paramedics who had to work under a “really tragic set of circumstances”.<\/p>\n
“They’re all human beings as well, it’s unimaginable how much this will impact on them,” Cullen told BBC News NI.<\/p>\n
Justice Minister Naomi Long said her “thoughts and sympathies are with those affected” following the “horrific incident”.<\/p>\n
She also asked people not to “speculate, online or elsewhere, as to the details surrounding it while it is being investigated”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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