{"id":1498821,"date":"2022-05-31T18:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498821"},"modified":"2022-05-31T18:00:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:00:45","slug":"man-allegedly-shoots-wife-and-three-children-to-death-and-then-turns-gun-on-himself-but-hes-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-allegedly-shoots-wife-and-three-children-to-death-and-then-turns-gun-on-himself-but-hes-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Allegedly Shoots Wife And Three Children To Death And Then Turns Gun On Himself \u2014 But He\u2019s Still Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-allegedly-shoots-wife-and-three-children-to-death-and-then-turns-gun-on-himself-but-hes-still-alive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Michigan man allegedly murdered his wife and three children under the age of 10 last Friday before authorities believe he attempted to kill himself but survived.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old father, whose name is being withheld, allegedly shot to death his 40-year-old wife Dawn Gillard and his children, six-year-old Katelynn, four-year-old Ronald, and three-year-old Joshua, the Mecosta County Sheriff\u2019s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0ACfXm96ov2VuCcENU3uEPBSYvNTRo1DLU5cRVw58Gi27X4Ue6takXY9TkL2rkyHPl&#038;id=100064597216304\">said<\/a> in a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the father then attempted to take his own life and suffered a gunshot wound to the head but survived. \u201cThe male was transported to Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital, later transferred to Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, before being transferred to University of Michigan Hospital, where he continues to be in critical condition for his injuries,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s department said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded after someone outside a house called 911 to report shots being fired in the home near Big Rapids around 2:30 Friday afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/grand-rapids\/2022\/05\/its-heartbreaking-sheriff-says-after-3-children-and-woman-killed-at-home-near-big-rapids.html\">according<\/a> to MLive. When deputies arrived, they found the mother and three children dead and the suspect still alive but severely injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not exactly sure what the circumstances were,\u201d Sheriff Dan Miller said. \u201cIt\u2019s tragic by all accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller said the alleged murders shocked the small west Michigan community. \u201cWe have a very tight-knit community in Mecosta,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no better place I\u2019d rather raise my kids at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is still ongoing, but authorities expect the father to be charged when he recovers, Law &#038; Crime <a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crime\/michigan-man-shot-himself-but-survived-after-killing-wife-and-three-children-deputies\/\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter continues to be under investigation with no information gathered at this time to indicate what led to the tragic event,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office wrote. \u201cThe MCSO will be forwarding the report to the Mecosta Prosecutor\u2019s Office to review for charges against male in relation to the actions leading to the four deaths. The male\u2019s name is being withheld until he is arrested and formally charged.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Michigan man allegedly murdered his wife and three children under the age of 10 last Friday before authorities believe he attempted to kill himself but survived. The 51-year-old father, whose name is being withheld, allegedly shot to death his 40-year-old wife Dawn Gillard and his children, six-year-old Katelynn, four-year-old Ronald, and three-year-old Joshua, the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1498862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}