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Officer Killed Boyfriend and Son in Murder-Suicide, Police Say

Police Tape - WC

An off-duty police officer was believed to have shot and killed her boyfriend and their 1-year-old son, and then turned the gun on herself in an apparent murder-suicide at their Brooklyn home on Monday morning, investigators said. The officer’s 19-year-old son managed to escape the three-story house on East 56th Street by fleeing through a bedroom window after hearing the sound of gunshots, said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman.

 

Grandma kills two boys, herself after daycare pickup

Grandma kills self, kids

A grandmother who was supposed to take her two grandsons from daycare to their birthday party at home instead killed the boys and herself, Connecticut state police said. All three bodies were found in a car Tuesday evening, two hours after an Amber Alert went out for the 2-year-old and 6-month-old. Police have classified the case as a double murder-suicide and said all three had apparent gunshot wounds, according to state police.

 

Miami father guns down family before killing himself

A Miami father and veteran pilot gunned down his entire family Wednesday night, killing his 11-year-old son before taking his own life, the Miami Herald reported.

 

Chiefs Player Belcher Involved in Fatal Shootings

Jovan Belcher

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager.

 

Sheriff: Mother kills 2 kids, then hangs self

A 34-year-old Florida woman apparently killed her two children in their house and then committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Saturday.

 

Mass. dad shoots his 2 kids, 1 fatally, kills self

A man who had recently separated from his wife shot his two children, killing his 7-year-old daughter, before committing suicide, prosecutors said....

 

Deputies: Fla. mom killed 4 kids, then herself

A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said....

 

Mom, 3 Daughters Found Shot Dead at Campground

Police say they are investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and her three children at a remote Missouri campground as a possible triple murder-suicide.

 

Josh Powell set up sham residence to mislead authorities before killing sons

Authorities said Josh Powell was not living at the house he rigged as a bomb and blew up, killing himself and his two young sons, the Tacoma News Tribune reported Tuesday.

 

Powell had 'incestuous' images

Josh Powell

Authorities say images were disconcerting enough that a psychologist recommended that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.

 

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