A small town in Michigan is mourning the tragic loss of a mother and three of her children after they were all found dead in a home there late last week.
According to the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office, on Friday, deputies responded to reports of a man with a gun and shots being fired at a home in the small town of Mecosta Township.
When they arrived, officers found a woman — later identified as 40-year-old Dawn Gillard — and three young children under the age of 10… all dead from gunshot wounds. Related: Man Kills Wife, Daughter, And Mother-In-Law In Murder-Suicide Amid Divorce In a statement released by the sheriff’s office on Monday, they confirmed the identities as Dawn’s three children: 6-year-old Katelynn Gillard, 4-year-old Ronald Gillard, and 3-year-old Joshua Gillard.
In the news release, Sheriff Brian Miller explained what investigators believe happened in the awful incident: The man did not die from his apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
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