Florida father kills wife, 2 sons, himself

[Nagishkaw 510]

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Police say a central Florida man shot and killed his wife and two of his sons — one of them an infant — before killing himself.

Polk County Sheriff's office spokesman Scott Wilder says investigators believe that 34-year-old Troy Ryan Bellar used a rifle in the Sunday night attack in Lakeland.

Wilder says wife Wendy Bellar was trying to leave the couple's home with two of the children when her husband shot her on the front porch. He also shot and killed 5-month-old son Zack James Bellar and 7-year-old son Ryan Patrick Bellar.

Another 13-year-old son was able to evade his father's gunfire and flee the home.

Authorities say the father then shot and killed himself in the front yard.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-04-florida_N.htm

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Holy #######. Crazy world.

[fozzie 41]

Another 'gun's in the home' tragedy.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Another 'gun's in the home' tragedy.

I would go more along the lines of "another coward motherfvcker in the house" tragedy brother.

[fozzie 41]

Another 'gun's in the home' tragedy.

I would go more along the lines of "another coward motherfvcker in the house" tragedy brother.

A little from column A and a little from column B.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Another 'gun's in the home' tragedy.

I would go more along the lines of "another coward motherfvcker in the house" tragedy brother.

A little from column A and a little from column B.

Agreed

[sara535 15]

how terribly sad for the surviving 13 year old son. I hope he has someone in his life who loves him and can take care of him.

[Peikko 1,575]

What it really tells us is that for those people who, for whatever reason, can't cope with their lives there is no currently no way to deal with them or their issues. These people are generally totally law abiding citizens until something happens that makes them cross the line from reasonable to unreasonable behaviour. I would suspect only the family members have any clue what might be coming - probably signs of depression but such signs can be very hard to read. Terrible tragedy.