Search warrant: Man told mother to take grandchildren to pool before killing wife, then himself in Brier Creek

Wednesday, August 1, 2018
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Search warrants released Wednesday reveal new information about a Fourth of July murder-suicide in Brier Creek.

Police said 34-year-old Nicholas Talarico shot and killed his wife, Ashley, on July 4, before turning the gun on himself.
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Search warrants show Nicholas called his mother earlier that day and asked his mother to take her grandchildren to the pool.

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When she returned, she couldn't find Nicholas or Ashley. That's when she went upstairs and found Nicholas dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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She called police around 4:30 p.m.

Listen to the 911 call in the media player above.

A woman who worked for the couple told ABC11 at the time that they had two young boys.

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