Three people were found dead inside a North Royalton home on Tuesday night after police answered what the North Royalton Police Department described in a press release as an “unwanted guest call” in the 8900 block of Tiffany Drive. The call came in at about 7:57 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, according to the department’s release, which WKYC, News 5 Cleveland, FOX 8 and Cleveland 19 News all reported.
Officers who entered the home found two people dead, the North Royalton police press release said. Seeing the unwanted guest’s car still in the driveway, officers pulled back and called in the Southwest Enforcement Bureau, according to the release. SEB members then made entry into the home and found the subject dead as well, police told WKYC.
Police said the scene is secure, according to the department’s press release. “There is no threat to public safety,” the release said, in reporting by WKYC and News 5 Cleveland. Cleveland 19 News reported that a standoff on Tiffany Drive lasted several hours on Tuesday night and ended at about 10:20 p.m.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting North Royalton police with the investigation, the department said in its release, as reported by News 5 Cleveland and FOX 8. The investigation remained ongoing on Wednesday morning.
Police have not yet released the names of the three people who died, and they have not said how any of the three died. No cause of death has been announced, and officers have not described any relationship between the unwanted guest and the people who lived in the home.
What we know — and what we’re still waiting on: North Royalton police have confirmed three deaths at the Tiffany Drive home, that the response began with an unwanted-guest call at about 7:57 p.m. Tuesday, and that state investigators are helping with the case. Still unknown are the identities of the dead, how they died, and what led up to the call.
What happens next is the identification of the three people and the findings of the joint investigation by North Royalton police and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. NewsForce247 will update this story as police release more information.