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Posted: Jul 28, 2012 10:20 PM EDT Updated: Jul 28, 2012 10:22 PM EDT
OXFORD (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) One child is dead and another is wounded in what investigators describe as a shooting, suicide, and wounding inside a home in Oxford.
Abigale Benway, 7, was found dead from a gunshot wound inside her bedroom on Saturday night.
Her brother, 9-year-old Owen, was found with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a local intensive care unit. His condition is unknown at this hour.
Abigale and Owen's father, 41-year-old Darrell Benway, was found dead in an apparent suicide. Investigators say Darrell's brother called 911 after hearing gunshots ...
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/19139047/2012/07/28/investigators-say-child-was-shot-to-death-father-committed-suicide-in-oxford-home
Correction: Dad Shoots Kids Story
... OXFORD, Mass. (AP) A man who had recently separated from his wife shot his two children, killing his 7-year-old daughter, before committing suicide, prosecutors said.
A family member called police Saturday night after finding the bodies of 41-year-old Daryl Benway and his daughter, Abigail, in the master bedroom of their two-story Oxford home, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said. Benway's 9-year-old son, Owen, was found shot in the head in the kitchen and was taken to UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center in serious condition.
Benway's wife, Kelleen, returned home after the shootings, unaware of what had happened, and found a swarm of police cruisers and television crews, Early said. She was taken to the children's hospital, where authorities told her the fates of her children and husband.
Neighbors told the Telegram & Gazette that Daryl Benway's brother Shawn lived on the first floor of the home with his wife and mother. Shawn Benway called 911 to report the shootings, Early said ...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/da-mass-dad-shoots-kids-fatally-kills-16879788#.UCBT_Mj--ko