A murder suspect in a triple shooting which claimed the lives of a mother and her two teenage children has died.

Police said Ian Rutledge, 43, died in hospital last night following the incident in Maguiresbridge which saw his family killed last Wednesday morning.

He is the fourth person who has died following the shooting at a home in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Vanessa Whyte, 45, a veterinary surgeon originally from Co Clare, her son James, 14, and daughter Sara, 13, died earlier following the same incident.

A murder investigation was launched last week.