Man kills wife, five kids, himself after being fired

[Arex]

WTF?? Here's yet another case of a man killing his family and himself because he lost his job. If you're feeling that shitty and helpless due to job loss, fine, kill yourself. But keep your family out of it. Yeah, they'll be distraught, but they'll manage to get by, and at least they won't be dead.

Better yet, be smart about it and take out a fat life insurance policy on yourself and then "trip" in front of an oncoming bus. Be creative.

Man kills wife, five kids, himself after being fired

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A man apparently despondent about losing his job killed his wife and five children before turning the gun on himself, officials said Tuesday.
The bodies were found inside this home in the Los Angeles suburb of Wilmington.

The bodies were found inside this home in the Los Angeles suburb of Wilmington.

The bodies of five children and two adults -- the children's mother and father -- were found Tuesday in a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington. Among the dead, authorities said, were an 8-year-old girl and two sets of twins -- 5-year-old girls and 2-year-old boys.

Ervin Lupoe apparently called 911 and contacted a television station by fax before committing suicide, authorities said.

"No words can describe this tragedy," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "There's no way to comprehend this unspeakable act."

Police were alerted by KABC-TV, who said the station had received a faxed letter and a call from an individual who was threatening suicide. Responding officers found all seven bodies inside the home, said Capt. William Hayes. Watch emergency crews arrive at the home Video

Nearly simultaneously with the KABC call, a man called 911 and reported coming home and finding his family dead, Hayes said. But, Deputy Police Chief Kenneth Garner said, the man told KABC he had killed them.

A suicide note found at the scene "indicated a business dispute" between Lupoe and Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, Hayes said. In the faxed note to KABC, the man said he was despondent over an employment situation, police said.

Kaiser Permanente said Lupoe and his wife, Ana, were both former employees of the medical center. Both had been terminated, Hayes said, with Lupoe's termination coming last week. It appears there were grounds for the termination and it did not come as a result of layoffs, he said.

"There is no reason to believe this is anything other than a murder-suicide," Lt. John Romero said. "There is no current threat to the community, no active search for a suspect."

The father and the three girls were found in one upstairs room of the home, the mother and twin boys in another, police said. Deputy Police Chief Kenneth Garner described the scene as one of the most grisly police have encountered.

Authorities did not release the names of the woman and children.

"Unfortunately, this has become an all-too-common story in the last few months," Villaraigosa told reporters. He urged those who have lost jobs to take advantage of available assistance and resources, including mental health agencies.

"Job centers, foreclosure counselors, and mental health professionals are ready to provide whatever services are necessary to get people back on their feet and to keep families afloat," the mayor said in a written statement.

City Councilwoman Janice Hahn said, "No matter how desperate you are, no matter how frustrated you are, to think this was the only answer -- to take your whole family with you in death -- is just too much to understand."

Kaiser Permanente said it is cooperating with the police investigation.

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[SunWuKong]

you gotta be pretty crazy to shoot your own family.

[LaiSteve66]

Not the first time this has happened:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,7425239.story

Suicides are on the rise unfortunately.

[applehead]

omg. that is so horrible.
can you imagine how desperate they were feeling to think that
death would be better than losing one's own job?

[Broomer]

Yeah, Chinese new Year we shouldn't be talking about this sort of thing. But "honour killing" ain't new. It's happened a couple of times when I was a kid in Hong Kong.

Ka

[TB4000]

People kill their own families because they don't want them to suffer, in a way. That's honestly what their mindset is.

[SunWuKong]

Originally Posted by TB4000

People kill their own families because they don't want them to suffer, in a way. That's honestly what their mindset is.

yeah, but you'd think there would be a better way to go than shooting your own family.

they could always shut all the windows and start a charcoal fire and die of smoke inhalation, for example.

[LaiSteve66]

another one:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/29/...ead/index.html