The Dark Pattern of Familicide: A Frightening Frequency in America's Gun Culture A registered sex offender from Kansas has taken the lives of his four young children and their mother before turning the gun on himself.
Ronald Williams Sr. , 53, is the latest example of a familicide – the killing of multiple close family members by an armed male. Familicides are not isolated incidents but symptoms of a deeper issue.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 15 mass murders this year in the United States, with nine fitting the definition of familicide.