An Oklahoma City man is suspected of fatally shooting his estranged wife and three children Wednesday before killing himself, said police, who described the slayings as a “massacre.”
Around 11:30 Wednesday night, officers responding to a domestic call found five people suffering from gunshot wounds in a house just west of Oklahoma City. The victims included Cassandra Flores, 29, son Matias Armendariz, 2, and daughters Damaris Armendariz, 5, and Hillary Armendariz, 9.
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The man suspected of carrying out the shootings, 28-year-old Ruben Armendariz, and one of his children were still alive when officers arrived, but both later died from their injuries after being transported to local hospitals, police said in a press release Thursday.
Flores and Armendariz were married but separated, investigators believe. There is no record of a restraining order against Armendariz and police had not previously received any domestic disturbance calls to the house, Oklahoma City Police Department spokesperson Valerie Littlejohn told HuffPost.
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