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7 Dead in Wilmington, LA Murder-Suicide
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by Terri Potratz | January 27, 2009 at 10:23 am
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A murder-suicide in LA has claimed the lives of a family of 7 this morning. 5 children and their mother were shot inside a Wilmington home before Ervin Lupoe, the children's father, turned the gun on himself.
UPDATE - 5:03 PM PST:
Ava and Ervin Lupoe supposedly planned to kill themselves and their children after learning that they had lost their hospital jobs. Ervin reportedly wrote in his note to the news station, "Why leave the children to a stranger?"
Ana Lupoe's body was found in a downstairs bedroom with the bodies of the couple's twin 2-year-old boys. The bodies of an 8-year-old girl, twin 5-year-old girls were found alongside Lupoe's in an upstairs bedroom.
Police said that the assailant appeared to be the children's father and that he apparently committed suicide after calling a news media outlet. The organization, which was not immediately named, then contacted authorities, police said.
Before killing himself, the man had called 911 and ABC News and said his family was dead inside. All of the children were under the age of 10, with the youngest around 2 years of age.
More details will be added to this story as they become available.
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at 10:30 on January 27th, 2009
This is horrible and It never leave one indifferent. We do need to stop this from happening, if necessary by changing the structure of society it self. Smaller communities reinforce family values and self solidarity, especially with hard economic times ahead and additional stresses we need more solidarity and out reach.
at 17:16 on January 27th, 2009
This is horrifying.
at 22:53 on January 27th, 2009
I pray for all children and the family, It is really horrifying and heart break. We all should come out from this sort of economical crises as it is heading fast in near future. Good post Terri.
at 16:43 on January 28th, 2009
This is tragic. Those kids never had a chance to live.
at 05:04 on January 29th, 2009
It happens everyday, when things get to be to much. Sometime blasting your brains out is the only way. From a woman leaving you to, losing a job. Why would you want to keep moving on, Santa Clause, was interesting in that. I'm a psyche major, with the economy as it is, we're going to see a lot more