Man Fatally Shoots Four Family Members, Kills A Fifth By Burning Down Home
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Prosecutors said the gunman fatally shot four family members, then killed the youngest, age 10, by setting the home ablaze.
A Pennsylvania man fatally shot four of his family members and set fire to their family home, killing another relative trapped inside, prosecutors said in a press conference on Wednesday.
Canh Le, 43, is accused of fatally shooting his younger brother Xuong Le, 40, along with Le’s wife Britni McLaughlin-Le, 37, and the couple’s two children, Natalya, 17, and Nakayla, 13, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said, citing medical examiners.
The couple’s youngest child, Xavier, 10, was also killed after Canh Le set the home on fire, he said. The 10-year-old’s cause of death was determined to be from smoke inhalation.
Stollsteimer described the incident as “an absolute, unmitigated tragedy for everybody in this community.”
He said the incident began that afternoon when Canh Le got into a verbal argument with his niece, Nakayla, and left to retrieve a gun from his bedroom on the second floor. It’s unclear what the argument was about, Stollsteimer said.