2 children shot to death; dad a suspect

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 31 (UPI) -- Two children were shot to death and their father was found with a self-inflicted wound at a Scottsdale, Ariz., home Wednesday, police said.

City police said the 39-year-old man called authorities about 8 a.m. to report he had shot one of his children, The Arizona Republic reported. The man was expected to recover from his wounds.

The names of the family members and the children's ages were not released, though Phoenix's KNXV-TV reported they were boys and a neighbor said they were thought to be 2 and 4.

The TV station said police investigating the slayings said the children's mother was not home at the time of the shootings and that neighbors said the couple were divorcing.