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A Kansas man called 911 on Tuesday to report that he had killed his entire family, including his four children and his wife, before turning the gun on himself as officers were arriving at his home in Winfield.
Police Chief Robbie DeLong said that the first officer approaching the house heard a single gunshot and retreated. A perimeter was established around the home as it was unclear whether an active shooter was in the property.
When the police finally broke into the home near 9th Avenue and Stewart Street—roughly two hours after the 911 call was received—they found six people dead inside, in an apparent murder-suicide.
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The suspected shooter was identified as Ronald H. Williams Sr., 53. Police believe Williams Sr. killed the five family members before calling 911.
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The victims were identified as Kelly L. George, 44, Carol A. Williams, 9, Ronald H. Williams Jr., 7, Sarah K. Williams, 5, and Kelly M. Magee-Williams, 3.
Williams Sr. had a long record of criminal charges in Kansas and was a registered sex offender. Williams was added into the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's registered sex offender list in June 1997, when he was in his 20s.
The register mentions his crime as “attempted indecent liberties with a child” in Kansas City. He was convicted a year later, in 1998. The victim was a girl aged 15.
Williams Sr. is described as 6 feet, 5 inches tall, bald, and having a gunshot scar in his right thigh.
The record also shows that Williams Sr. used several aliases, including Freddie Williams, Laron Williams and Jerome Williams.
He reportedly faced several felony charges between 1995 and 2024 in multiple eastern Kansas counties, with charges including drug offenses, battery, assault on law enforcement and attempted rape and kidnapping, according to various media reports.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Winfield Police Department are investigating the shooting.
Newsweek contacted the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Winfield Police Department for more information and comment by email on Wednesday morning.
A reporter at KAKE, the ABC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas, wrote on Facebook that a little memorial was growing outside the home in Winfield where the family was killed, sharing a photo of flowers attached to a tree stump.
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "988" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.
Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Ben Kelly, Matthew Robinson and Tony Phillips.
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