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Deepak Prabakhar Kulkarni

Age : 50

Gender : Male

Race : Asian

Date : 01/24/2021

Location : 100 block Mountain View Drive residence

City : West Whiteland Township

County : Chester

State : Pennsylvania

Agency : West Whiteland Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 01/24/2021, West Whiteland Police officers responded after an out-of-state relative requested a welfare check on a family inside a home on Mountain View Drive. Officers entered and located four people dead in the basement. Investigators determined all four died from gunshot wounds and preliminary evidence indicated Deepak Kulkarni shot his wife and two children before shooting himself. Police documented the deaths as a suspected murder-suicide and continued investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting and recent firearm purchase linked to the incident.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/family-of-4-found-dead-following-suspected-murder-suicide/2678504/
https://www.phillyvoice.com/west-whiteland-family-murder-suicide-chester-county/
https://www.crimeonline.com/2021/01/28/dad-buys-a-gun-2-weeks-later-whole-family-of-4-dead-in-basement-murder-suicide/
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/west-whiteland-township-chester-county-murder-suicide-family-dead-mountain-view-drive/