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REIDSVILLE — A husband and wife were killed and their teenage daughter was wounded during a home invasion early this morning, according to the sheriff's office.

About 2 a.m. Saturday, the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office received a report of a home invasion at 791 Pinewood Road.

Deputies found the bodies of Douglas Troy French, 48, and his wife Ladonna Mosley French, 45. Both had been shot.

Their daughter Whitley Morgan French, 19, was taken to Annie Penn Hospital for treatment of cuts, the sheriff's office said.

A man dressed in dark clothes was seen fleeing the home afterward, officials said. The sheriff's office didn't provide more details about what he looked like.

"When I heard the call it was unusual," Sheriff Sam Page said. "We don't have a lot of home invasions. I am very concerned until someone is brought to justice."

People were gathering at a nearby house. A woman who did not identify herself said they were relatives of those who had been killed but did not say how they were related. She said it was "not a good time right now" and asked reporters to leave.

“People are scared,” said Donald Vernon, who knows the Frenches and their extended family. “They don’t know what to think. We can’t understand why, if it was random, why they would pick that house. You can see all around it.”

The sheriff's office asks anyone with information to contact Capt. Billy Parker at 634-3232, ext. 4101, or Crimestoppers at 349-9683.