Emily Long shot and killed her husband and two of her children before taking her own life at their Madbury home, according to authorities.

Authorities say Emily Long fatally shot her husband, Ryan Long, her son, Parker, 8, and daughter, Ryan, 6, before turning the gun on herself

Authorities have issued a devastating update after a mother allegedly killed her terminally ill husband and children before taking her own life. Emily Long, 34, was found dead alongside Ryan, 48, and their two kids, aged eight and six, at their home in Madbury, New Hampshire, US, on Monday morning (18 August).

A New Hampshire mother shot and killed two of her children and her husband, who had reportedly been diagnosed with brain cancer, before killing herself, authorities said.

Ryan Long, 48, Emily Long, 34, their son Parker, 8, and daughter Ryan, 6, were found dead in a murder-suicide.