Police found the bodies of three men and one woman at an address in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City on Thursday night, officers said.
Taoyuan Fire Department officials said they received reports about gunshots at 9:08 p.m. and when police and rescuers rushed to the scene they found two men and one woman dead from gunshot wounds on the eighth floor. A third man, believed to be the gunman, was found outside the building in a pool of blood from what appeared to be a head wound and holding a gun.
Initial investigation identified the three dead as two men, aged 30 and 20, and a 20-year-old woman. The suspect, who is in a critical condition, is 25 years of age.
Police said they were continuing to investigate.
Gun ownership is mostly illegal in Taiwan. Still, in 2017 police seized more than 1,700 illegal guns, according to statistics from the Ministry of the Interior.
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