The remains of three people have been recovered after a shooting and fire on Lewis Avenue in East Lansdowne, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said Thursday.
Three other members of the Le family, who were inside when the fire consumed the home, are unaccounted for.
Earlier in the day, Stollsteimer said all six family members, including three children, were presumed dead. It’s unclear whose remains were recovered from the home.
At a press conference Thursday, the DA described the ongoing recovery mission for the missing family members as “gruesome,” and said investigators had located a human torso among the charred remnants of the home earlier in the day.
A rifle was also found in the house, Stollsteimer said.
Authorities also identified Thursday the two police officers hurt by gunfire in the shooting and fire.
The officers are Lansdowne police officer David Schiazza and East Lansdowne police officer John Meehan.
Schiazza, 54, is a 22-year veteran of the Lansdowne Police Department. He was shot in the leg and is expected to be released from a hospital Thursday afternoon.
