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On August 31, 2023, the Burch family home on Tall Timber Court in Fort Washington, Maryland, was the scene of a domestic dispute that ended in multiple deaths. Police were called about 5:45 p.m. for a shooting. In the front yard officers found 52-year-old Rori Burch fatally shot. Inside the house negotiators faced a standoff with 62-year-old Michael Kevin Burch, who had barricaded himself.
Around 10:45 p.m. officers entered the residence and discovered the body of 25-year-old Michael Burch Jr., also fatally shot. A neighbor who had approached the home after hearing gunfire was shot by Michael Kevin Burch but survived with non-life-threatening injuries. Michael Kevin Burch was taken into custody at the scene and charged with first-degree murder for his wife and son and attempted murder of the neighbor. Motive remains under investigation.
If anyone in Fort Washington knew Rori or Michael Jr. or has information about that afternoon, what did they observe that might help clarify what happened?