Prayer service planned in Roxbury, NJ as community mourns family killed in what officials deemed "a tragic murder-suicide"
ROXBURY, N.J. -- A prayer service will be held Sunday night in Roxbury, New Jersey, where the community is mourning the loss of a family.
According to the Morris County prosecutor, 57-year-old Peter Ventrichelli died by suicide after shooting and killing his wife Kellie, 58, and their son Anthony, 15, a sophomore at Roxbury High School.
The bodies were found Tuesday morning in their home on Justine Place in the Succasunna section.
Investigators said police were at the home for a welfare check when they discovered the bodies and a handgun.
"This is a tragic murder-suicide brought on by domestic violence," said Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll.
The service at Saint Theresa's Catholic Church on Main Street is expected to start at 7 p.m.
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