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Neighbors are reacting after learning that the Hopkins daycare deaths are connected to a Burnsville homicide. 

A residents who live next to the daycare in Hopkins, where a murder-suicide happened Wednesday morning, described the area as a "quiet neighborhood" where incidents like this don't happen. FOX 9's Corin Hoggard has the latest. 

Police shared more information on two connected incidents in Hopkins and Burnsville that left four people from the same family dead in what is being investigated as a murder-suicide. FOX 9's Karen Scullin has the latest details. 

Former St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell joins us to discuss how police departments work together on complex cases, the connection between the Burnsville homicide and Hopkins daycare deaths investigations, and the lasting impact traumatic cases can have on officers and investigators.

After the incident at a childcare center in Hopkins, Elizabeth Kittleson, MS, LMFT, clinical director of Carnelia Mental Health, joins us to discuss how traumatic events can affect children and how parents can talk with their kids about what happened.

In a press conference Wednesday afternoon police said that three adults and one child are dead after a triple murder-suicide in Hopkins and Burnsville. 

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar joined FOX 9's All Day to react to the Hopkins daycare incident, which left two people and a child dead on Wednesday.

A friend tells FOX 9's Corin Hoggard that the victim in the Hopkins daycare stabbing was planning to leave her partner in a matter of days before Wednesday's fatal attack.

An incident in Hopkins, Minnesota has left 2 adults and 1 child dead. Community and police have described the neighborhood as quiet, and have said an incident like this is exceedingly rare.

Hopkins police say a man, woman and juvenile were found dead after officers responded to a domestic situation at an in-home daycare. Police Chief Brent Johnson said the victims appear to be members of one family and investigators preliminarily believe the deceased man was the perpetrator and took his own life.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is delivering a budget address on Wednesday, but started his speech reacting to the news that two adults and a child were found dead inside a Hopkins daycare. Frey says the city will provided any support and resources needed to the city.

There's a large police presence at a home day care in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Wednesday. An officer blocking the scene told FOX 9 reporter Corin Hoggard that the scene is "very volatile." It appears police are trying to reunify families with children at the daycare. 

Police are focusing on a home day care in Hopkins, where there is a large police presence Wednesday morning. An official told FOX 9's Corin Hoggard it's a "volatile situation," and another official said they are working to reunify families.