Four people have died and a child is in critical condition after a stabbing in Houma, Louisiana, authorities said.
Deputies responding to reports of an attack found the child with apparent knife wounds before discovering several people dead inside a nearby home.
The injured youngster was flown to a hospital outside the area by Acadian Ambulance Service Air Med and remains critically ill.
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said at least four other victims had been pronounced dead. Their identities and ages have not been released.
It is also not known whether the child was related to any of those killed.
Sheriff Timothy Soignet said detectives were continuing to gather evidence and establish what happened.
“This investigation remains in its preliminary stages as detectives continue gathering evidence and developing information surrounding the incidents,” he said.
