The man who was suspected of murdering his family in County Fermanagh has died in hospital.
Vanessa Whyte and her children, James and Sara Rutledge, were shot and killed in their home in Maguiresbridge on Wednesday morning.
Ms Whyte, who was 45, was a veterinary surgeon while James and Sara were 14 and 13 respectively.
Ian Rutledge, who was 43 and an agricultural contractor, is understood to have taken his own life as part of a suspected triple murder and suicide attempt.
Police said he was taken to hospital on Wednesday 23 July, where he remained in a serious condition until his death on Monday evening.
Two of the victims were declared dead at the scene in the house on the Drummeer Road on Wednesday morning and a third victim died later that day in hospital.
Hours after the attack, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) told a press conference a man from the same household was in hospital with gunshot wounds.
The PSNI’s district commander said that no arrests had been made and at that stage it was not anticipated that any would be made.
He confirmed to reporters that a suspected triple murder and attempted suicide was one line of inquiry for detectives.
On Saturday, police issued an appeal over the movements of a silver Mercedes between Maguiresbridge and Newtownbutler on the day before the shootings.
Sara and James were both students at Enniskillen Royal Grammar School and were former pupils of Maguiresbridge Primary School in their home village.
Crowds of mourners attended a vigil for the family in the primary school’s grounds on Friday.
Several senior politicians were present as religious representatives addressed the vigil, and a minute’s silence was held as a mark of respect for the victims.
The children’s mother was originally from Barefield, County Clare, in the Republic of Ireland.
A prayer service took place on Sunday evening at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the village.
During the service, the parish priest in Barefield, Fr Tom Fitzpatrick, told mourners:
“Let us remember Vanessa not just by the way she died, but by the life she lived, her smile, her strength, her incredible powerful love for her children.
“She gave it her all to the very end.”
“We remember James and Sara, not just as victims of violence, but as children who played and who laughed and had their favourite stories, of course favourite foods I’m sure as well, and great dreams,” he added.
“Dreams that will never be fulfilled, but dreams that mattered because they were theirs.”
