Man, 23, charged with murder in shooting deaths of 2 men, 1 woman at New Jersey residence

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — A man has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of three people in a New Jersey residence.

Officers were called to a South Plainfield home at about 9 a.m. Monday after a report of gunfire and found two men and a woman shot, Middlesex County prosecutors and South Plainfield police said.

One man, Dilipkumar Brahmbhatt, 72, and the woman, Bindu Brahmbhatt, 72, were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The other man, Yashkumar Brahmbhatt, 38, was taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead there, authorities said.

Another man, Om Brahmbhatt, 23, who resided with the victims and was at the residence when authorities arrived, was later charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, authorities said.

He was taken to the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending a pre-trial detention hearing; it wasn't immediately clear whether he had an attorney and a listed number for him couldn't be found.

Authorities didn't immediately specify the relationship between the suspect and the victims or any alleged motive for the shooting.