{"id":2228277,"date":"2024-04-23T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-hunted-down-and-killed-wife-and-children-before-turning-gun-on-himself-police-say-a-massacre\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:49:16","slug":"man-hunted-down-and-killed-wife-and-children-before-turning-gun-on-himself-police-say-a-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-hunted-down-and-killed-wife-and-children-before-turning-gun-on-himself-police-say-a-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Police reported that a man hunted down and killed his wife and children before taking his own life, describing it as a tragic massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/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-hunted-down-and-killed-wife-and-children-before-turning-gun-on-himself-police-say-a-massacre%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=2228277&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>The summary describes \u200da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-teens-set-mentally-ill-man-on-fire-if-races-were-reversed-it-would-be-a-national-story\/\" title=\"Two Teens Set Mentally Ill Man On Fire; If Races Were Reversed It Would Be A National Story\">tragic incident<\/a> \u2062where an Oklahoma father, Jonathan Candy, allegedly committed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remembering-9-11-20-years-later\/\" title=\"Remembering 9\/11, 20 years later\">mass murder-suicide<\/a> by shooting and killing his wife Lindsay, 39, and three children. \u200bThe 10-year-old son survived unharmed, but was left orphaned. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-voices-hope-for-gun-control-consensus-during-trip-to-lewiston\/\" title=\"Biden optimistic about gun control 'consensus' in Lewiston visit.\">tragedy \u200bunfolded<\/a> after an altercation \u200din their Yukon home. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-identifying-euphoria-star-no-longer-interested-in-playing-trans-parts-i-find-it-ultimately-demeaning\/\" title=\"Euphoria Star No Longer Wants to Play Trans Roles, Finding It Demeaning\">summary \u2064effectively captures<\/a> the essence of the tragic incident involving Jonathan Candy, \u2062the mass murder-suicide, \u200bthe\u200d survival of the 10-year-old son, and the heartbreaking aftermath of the event in their Yukon home.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Oklahoma<\/a> father shot and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>killed<\/a> his wife and three of his children on Monday in what police believe was a mass murder-suicide. He left his 10-year-old son, who was unharmed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shooting<\/a>, an orphan.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Candy, 42, allegedly shot his wife Lindsay, 39, multiple times in their Yukon home following an \u201caltercation\u201d between the couple, according to police. After \u201csystematically\u201d slaughtering his sons Dylan, 18, Ethan, 14, and Lucas, 12, Candy turned the gun on himself. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake about it,\u201d Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Gary Knight said of the incident. \u201cWhat happened in that residence was nothing short of a massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Police investigate after people were found dead in a home in Oklahoma City on Monday, April 22, 2024. (Nathan J. Fish\/The Oklahoman via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThose children were hunted down and killed,\u201d Knight added, noting that Candy\u2019s motive for the killings \u201cremains a mystery\u201d and that \u201cwe don\u2019t know why the fourth child was spared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lone survivor, Candy\u2019s 10-year-old son, was sleeping when the shootings occurred. He was the one who placed the 911 call Monday morning to report that \u201ceveryone inside the house appeared to be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City police said the father shot at least one of his sons dead while they were asleep in bed and that they found a firearm on top of his corpse.<\/p>\n<p>The surviving child was placed in the custody of family members. Knight said police had never been called to the Candy household before this incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dylan had graduated in 2023 from Mustang High School, where Ethan was a freshman. Lucas was in sixth grade at Meadow Brook Intermediate School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are shocked, and our hearts are broken; this tragedy simply defies understanding,\u201d Mustang Public Schools said in a public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/article\/yukon-oklahoma-5-dead-candy-family-mirage-street\/60578173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a>. \u201cWhile this has been a very difficult year for the MPS Family, both students and adults may struggle with managing their feelings and reactions to this news.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oklahoma father, Jonathan Candy, 42, allegedly shot and killed his wife Lindsay, 39, and three children in a tragic mass murder-suicide. The 10-year-old son, the sole survivor, was left unharmed, now orphaned. 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