WE’LL BREAK DOWN DAY BY DAY. THAT’S COMING UP HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. JONATHAN THANK YOU. AND DEVELOPING NOW OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE RELEASING NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING AFTER FIVE PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD IN A YUKON HOME YESTERDAY. AND POLICE RELEASING THE IDENTITIES OF THE VICTIMS IN JUST THE LAST HOUR. A MOTIVE STILL UNKNOWN. KOCO SHELBY MONTGOMERY JOINS US FROM OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST IN THIS INVESTIGATION IN SHELBY. TELL US WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. SO WE JUST LEARNED THIS WAS A MURDER SUICIDE. POLICE SAY THE FATHER SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE, THREE OF HIS CHILDREN, AND THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF. KOCO WAS THERE AS POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING THAT SCENE. THEY SAID THEY DID A WELFARE CHECK, AND THAT’S WHEN THEY FOUND ALL FIVE BODIES. POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS AS 39 YEAR OLD LINDSAY CANDY, EIGHT YEAR OLD DYLAN CANDY, 14 YEAR OLD ETHAN CANDY, 12 YEAR OLD LUCAS CANDY. AND THE SUSPECT, 42 YEAR OLD JONATHAN CANDY. THERE WAS A FOURTH CHILD INSIDE THE HOME WHO WAS UNHARMED AND TURNED OVER TO HIS OTHER FAMILY. THERE AT THE SCENE. POLICE RIGHT NOW STILL DON’T KNOW WHY THAT SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED THREE OF HIS CHILDREN. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, THEY DO ASK YOU TO CALL THEIR
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OCPD releases names of 4 victims, suspect found dead Monday morning at Yukon home
A fourth child in the home was unharmed and was released to family members at the scene, according to police.
The Oklahoma City Police Department released the names of the five people whose bodies were found Monday morning inside a Yukon home, prompting a homicide investigation.WARNING: The details of the shooting are graphic and disturbing. At 9:35 a.m., Oklahoma City police received a call from a 10-year-old saying that everyone inside a home in the 2800 block of Mirage Street was dead. The home is in the Czech Hall Estates neighborhood near Southwest 29th Street and Czech Hall Road.| MORE | Community left reeling after 5, including 2 Mustang students, found dead in Yukon homeWhen officers arrived, they found five deceased people inside the home. Police said in a news release Tuesday that all five had been shot to death. According to the news release, investigators believe the deceased suspect, 42-year-old Jonathon Candy, shot and killed the four victims before turning the gun on himself.| MORE | 'Everybody loved them': Neighbors describe residents of Yukon home where 5 found deadThe Oklahoma City Police Department identified the four victims as 39-year-old Lindsay Candy, 18-year-old Dylan Candy, 14-year-old Ethan Candy and 12-year-old Lucas Candy. MSgt. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department said Jonathon Candy was involved in an altercation with his wife sometime during the overnight hours and shot her multiple times, killing her. The 42-year-old man then went through the home, shooting and killing their children systematically. The victims' bodies were found in multiple areas of the house, with police finding two bodies upstairs and two others downstairs.Knight called the scene a massacre.| MORE | Questions still remain after 5 people, including 2 children, found dead at Yukon homeThe 10-year-old who called 911 was unharmed and released to family members at the scene, according to police. Authorities said the child woke up and found what happened.Authorities said it's still unknown what caused Jonathon Candy to murder his wife and three children. Police said they are unsure if the shooting was planned or spontaneous.Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Oklahoma City Police Department's homicide tip line at 405-297-1200.Top Headlines OKC police investigating after 5 people, including 2 children, found dead at Yukon home Caught on camera: Alligator spotted outside a Florida doorstep 'Everybody loved them': Neighbors describe residents of Yukon home where 5 found dead Pregnant woman walks out of second-story OKC apartment to find stairs gone WATCH: A group of 'good Samaritans' work together to pull a driver from a fiery crash
YUKON, Okla. —
The Oklahoma City Police Department released the names of the five people whose bodies were found Monday morning inside a Yukon home, prompting a homicide investigation.
WARNING: The details of the shooting are graphic and disturbing.
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At 9:35 a.m., Oklahoma City police received a call from a 10-year-old saying that everyone inside a home in the 2800 block of Mirage Street was dead. The home is in the Czech Hall Estates neighborhood near Southwest 29th Street and Czech Hall Road.
| MORE | Community left reeling after 5, including 2 Mustang students, found dead in Yukon home
When officers arrived, they found five deceased people inside the home. Police said in a news release Tuesday that all five had been shot to death.
According to the news release, investigators believe the deceased suspect, 42-year-old Jonathon Candy, shot and killed the four victims before turning the gun on himself.
| MORE | 'Everybody loved them': Neighbors describe residents of Yukon home where 5 found dead
The Oklahoma City Police Department identified the four victims as 39-year-old Lindsay Candy, 18-year-old Dylan Candy, 14-year-old Ethan Candy and 12-year-old Lucas Candy.
MSgt. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department said Jonathon Candy was involved in an altercation with his wife sometime during the overnight hours and shot her multiple times, killing her. The 42-year-old man then went through the home, shooting and killing their children systematically.
The victims' bodies were found in multiple areas of the house, with police finding two bodies upstairs and two others downstairs.
Knight called the scene a massacre.
| MORE | Questions still remain after 5 people, including 2 children, found dead at Yukon home
The 10-year-old who called 911 was unharmed and released to family members at the scene, according to police. Authorities said the child woke up and found what happened.
Authorities said it's still unknown what caused Jonathon Candy to murder his wife and three children. Police said they are unsure if the shooting was planned or spontaneous.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Oklahoma City Police Department's homicide tip line at 405-297-1200.
Top Headlines
- OKC police investigating after 5 people, including 2 children, found dead at Yukon home
- Caught on camera: Alligator spotted outside a Florida doorstep
- 'Everybody loved them': Neighbors describe residents of Yukon home where 5 found dead
- Pregnant woman walks out of second-story OKC apartment to find stairs gone
- WATCH: A group of 'good Samaritans' work together to pull a driver from a fiery crash
