Ethal Syretha Steele, 40, was found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds by police at a home on Brookhill Drive, Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Tuesday, per the Winston-Salem Police Department. Her three children, aged 9, 12 and 14, were also found dead from gunshots.

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Who was Ethal Syretha Steele? 

Ethal Syretha Steele killed her three children, then herself, in a shooting incident from Winston-Salem in North Carolina. Police responded at around 11:54 pm to reports of a shooting at their home. Upon finding the home secured, they forced entry and found the dead bodies of the woman and her three children.