Police checking robbery find 5 dead in home

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.?? Authorities investigating a robbery at a house in Birmingham found five people dead in the home on Sunday.

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Sgt. Johnny Williams says officers arrived at the house around 3:30 a.m. Sunday after getting a call that a robbery was in progress.

The officers soon discovered the five victims inside.

The victims were not identified.

Police have launched a homicide investigation, but there have been no arrests or charges filed in the case.

Brenda Houston, who lives across the street from the west Birmingham house where the bodies were found, said the house had been rented for about a year and a half by a woman in her late 40s and her son and brothers.

"They would speak to us, and that's all we knew," she said. "We didn't know their names but they were always friendly."

Houston, 64, said her street was a quiet one filled with older residents who were friendly with each other. She said there was a constant stream of visitors coming in and out of the home, but that the residents never seemed to cause any disturbances.

"Most people are in a state of shock. They never had any trouble over there," Houston said. "I never seen the police over there. This was really strange that this happened. It wasn't like they were real rowdy."

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46181275/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

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