Oregon woman shoots her two young kids and herself to death, police say

Gresham, Oregon — A 31-year-old woman in suburban Portland shot and killed her two children and herself, police said.

On Tuesday morning, officers and the East County Major Crimes Team found three people dead in an apartment, the Gresham Police Department said Wednesday in a news release.

After investigation and autopsies, police said it was determined that Ashley Palmer, of Gresham, and her two children, ages 8 and 6, died from gunshot wounds in a murder suicide. She'd been in the midst of a conflict with her spouse over custody of the children, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.