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A US man has killed himself after shooting dead five people, including his wife and stepdaughter, in an argument about his breakfast.
Stanley Neace, 47, went on the killing spree in a trailer park in Jackson, rural Breathitt County, Kentucky.
He chased his wife into a neighbouring trailer where he shot her, her daughter and three witnesses, reports say.
State troopers found Mr Neace dead at the porch of his trailer, slumped over his own gun.
Mr Neace flew into a rage when his wife Sandra, 54, brought him some eggs for breakfast, a relative of the neighbours he killed said.
Mrs Neace's daughter Sandra Strong, 28, was also killed
The other victims were named as neighbours Dennis Turner, 31, Teresa Fugate, 30, and Tammy Kilborn, 40.
Ms Fugate was shot in front of her seven-year-old daughter, who Mr Neace spared.
"Her daughter said, 'Please, please don't shoot me,' and he said, 'All right, you can leave,' and she ran out," Ms Fugate's sister Sherri Anne Robinson told the Associated Press.
Mrs Kiborn was another neighbour who stepped out onto her porch during the commotion, reports said.
Mr Neace apparently waited an hour for the police to arrive before turning the gun on himself, police heard the shot as they drove up to the trailer.
Other neighbours had fled in terror during the rampage.
Breathitt county is Kentucky's rural eastern region, where gun ownership numbers are high.
A man in Kentucky shot and killed five people before turning the gun on himself after a domestic dispute on Saturday, Breathitt County Sheriff Ray Clemons told CNN.
The gunman was identified as 47-year-old Stanley Neace, said Trooper Jody Sims of the Kentucky State Police, which took over the investigation.
Clemons said Neace's wife and stepson are among the dead.
The shooting happened around midday at a mobile home community of about a dozen trailers, Clemons said. He declined to give the victims' ages and names.
Officers heard a gunshot as they arrived on scene and later found a 12-gauge shotgun, Sims said. The suspected gunman was found dead on the front porch of his house, while the victims were found in two separate residences, he added.
Sims declined to provide details on the victims.
"We are in the process of getting the names of these five victims and making final family notifications," he said.
Neighbor Martha Jackson told CNN affiliate WLEX that Neace ran up to her and asked to use her phone.
"I said, 'Do you want me to call 911 for you?' and he said, 'yes,' and told the police ... 'Stanley Neace was shooting, running in people's homes, killing 'em,'" Jackson said.
Jackson said Neace was told not to go back, but Neace said, "I've got to go, my wife is there."
Breathitt County is located in rural eastern Kentucky.
Originally posted by Hefficide
Nobody kills anybody over eggs. The eggs were not the problem, they were simply the match that lit the fuse.
There is much more to the story. I'd imagine financial woes or possibly severe marital problems - probably both.
Originally posted by tristar
Is there a photo of the interior of the kitchen or surrounding rooms ?
Sorry for the simple question, but it is something i would like to see.
Originally posted by mr-lizard
Originally posted by tristar
Is there a photo of the interior of the kitchen or surrounding rooms ?
Sorry for the simple question, but it is something i would like to see.
Wanna elaborate? Just for my curiosity?
Please.
Originally posted by mr-lizard
reply to post by tristar
Aaah right this makes sense in a psychological way - have you any examples of previous related incidents which the layout / colour may have triggered such behaviour?
Interesting theory.