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2 dead after Dumfries-area home invasion

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A man broke into a home near Dumfries and shot and killed a man and a woman, marking the county's 17th and 18th homicide victims of 2022.

On Wednesday, November 16, at 11:16 p.m., officers were called to a home 17400 block of Isle Royale Terrace in the Forest Park neighborhood off Van Buren Road near Dumfries to investigate a shooting.

Two adults, a man and woman were shot inside the basement by a man who had forced his way into the residence. A family dog, a male Pitbull mix, inside the home was also shot, police said.

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