Las Vegas police in shock after lieutenant kills wife, son, self

NBC News ^ | 1/22/13 | Tracy Connor,

[Kartographer]

Las Vegas police were searching for answers Tuesday after one of their own killed his wife and son, called 911 to confess, then set his house on fire and committed suicide as rifle-toting cops moved in.

"I can't think of a reason for this, where something can get so bad that you'd do this," one veteran supervisor told the Las Vegas Review-Journal after the Monday murder-suicide.

Police have not released the name of the shooter but said he was a 52-year-old lieutenant with more than 20 years on the force. His wife was a retired officer, the newspaper said. Their son was about seven years old.

[Kartographer]

Guns are bad. Police need to disarmed as they are a danger to themselves, their families and the public. There's no need for them to be armed I mean after all they carry radios they can call the police. A radio is better than a gun, right Mayor?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This just proves that nobody except agents of the feral government should have access to guns.

[al baby]

What about the Dog

[a fool in paradise]

Police have not released the name of the shooter

Pending notification of next of kin?

[PhiloBedo]

I wonder if he was one those cops that gunned down the hapless guy at Costco a couple of years ago?

[Zathras]

At least he didn’t shoot an Elk.
Thats a Felony in Boulder, CO

[Venturer]

If I had to come up with a scenario, I would bet the wife was leaving and taking the child with her.

[muawiyah]

There’s some civil suits underway ~ maybe he got notice that he lost everything We’ll see ~ something to think about.

[DBrow]

Ouch! This is terrible. Cops losing one of their own is bad enough but murder-suicide is more painful.

Interesting to note, though, that even in this case, the guy suicided when men with guns showed up.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Well, it certainly isn’t a values problem then. It HAS to be the guns. Whoever touches one wants to go and kill one’s spouse, children, etc., ad nauseum.

[facedown]

Pending notification of next of kin?

Oh you're going to burn in hell for that, lol.

[Sir Napsalot]

How is this going to be tied to the ‘assault rifle’ of current fad, hum, I ask you?

Media will be combing through the debri for that assault weapon!

[libertarian27]

...as rifle-toting cops...

What a strange phrase...

[Sir Napsalot]

That ‘hapless guy at Costco’ was a real tragedy.

Serves to remind people, how wrong it could get with ‘ignorant but enthusiastic’ public (in this case one Costco employee), mega-MIS-information from Costco management, and ‘government authority’ with guns.

[Secret Agent Man]

Police need to be disarmed. They are self-proclaimed “experts” with guns. They are that more deadly than the average citizen. Better yet, we should round up all the officers and turn them in for $100 bucks.

Make your community safer. Start your own Officer Buyback program today.

[gaijin]

Wonder if he was the nut who repeatedly tased that guy just standing in his front yard at night, 2 years ago...?

[the_daug]

“How is this going to be tied to the ‘assault rifle’ of current fad,”

To start off a child was murdered.

[Kartographer]

Surely the weapon he used falls in one of this category

[fattigermaster]

#1: Was an assault weapon used?
#2: Was he homeschooled?
#3: Were there Tea Party websites on his computer?

Inquiring Obamabots want to know.

[Sir Napsalot]

Most importantly, was he a doomsday prepper, like adam lanza’s mother!??!!!!