- Officers found the five dead Monday morning after a fourth child, 10, called police to report the shooting, Sgt. Gary Caballero
Police believe a man killed his “all-American” family before turning the gun on himself in a small community outside Oklahoma City.
Officers found the five dead Monday morning after a fourth child, 10, called police to report the shooting, Sgt. Gary Caballero.
Jonathon Candy, 42, is believed to have killed his wife, Lindsay Candy, 39, and their children Dylan Candy, 18, Ethan Candy, 14, and Lucas Candy, 12, Knight said. He says Candy then turned the gun on herself.
‘It remains a mystery what caused Mr Candy to murder his wife and three of his children. We don’t know why the fourth child was spared or the motive for the murders, Knight said.
The 10-year-old boy was taken into the custody of relatives. Police had no prior contact with the family and had not previously been called to his home, she said.
Knight emphasized during his first press conferences that the family members did not die from “a carbon monoxide situation or anything like that.” These are five people who were murdered.
Lindsay Terry Candy, 39, photographed with her husband Jonathon, 42, during a vacation in Florida in 2023.
The victims included two minors and a recent high school graduate, according to authorities. They were found inside this house in a small community outside of Oklahoma City.
“This was not a gas leak situation or a fentanyl type situation, there are five people who died,” said a local police officer.
Two of the children, Ethan and Lucas, were students in the Mustang public school system. Dylan Candy graduated from a local high school in 2023.
‘We are shocked and our hearts are broken; “This tragedy simply defies understanding,” Superintendent Charles Bradley wrote in a statement to parents.
“No one expected it, it was very shocking. You know, like I said, they were a big family,” said neighbor Brian Graham. KFOR.
‘They were good friends of ours. They came down all the time and we had meetings together. We are really going to miss them. “We really wish this hadn’t happened,” he added.