Zionsville School Community 'Grieves' Loss Of 2 Students

ZIONSVILLE, IN — Zionsville Community Schools has released a statement just hours after the tragic deaths of two students at their Boone County home.

Zionsville Community Schools Superintendent Scott Robison shared the following message Friday afternoon on the district's website:

"Our entire school community grieves the loss of two students due to a tragedy at their home. One student was from the high school and one from ZMS. All ZCHS and ZMS counselors are providing grief counseling and gathering time for our students to remember their lost classmates. This will continue on Monday as well.

ZCHS and ZMS leaders have communicated the news to all staff and to grade eight (8) students (at ZMS) so that they can begin to access support immediately. Parents are asked to engage tonight and this weekend with their ZCHS and ZMS children regarding their coping with emotions and feelings during this difficult time. Our counselors can provide you with resources for those in need of additional support, and this support will be renewed when school opens again on Monday.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the children whose lives were lost, and we ask that you join us in respecting their family time to grieve."

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The Boone County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a 911 call around 10:30 a.m. Friday from the mother of the two students, Harrison Hunn, 15, and Shelby Hunn, 13, who told deputies Zionsville schools said her children didn't report to school Friday morning, and she couldn't get in contact with them or their father. The Hunns have been divorced since November 2017, according to the sheriff's office.

The sheriff's office is investigating what they said is a double murder-suicide involving the two children and their father after deputies conducted a welfare check at the man's home on County Road 900 East. That's where the sheriff's office said they found the body of 50-year-old Michael Hunn, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the bodies of his two children, both dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

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