Michael Worsham, Robbins Man, Shoots Wife And 2 Children To Death Before Dying Himself

This man was obviously unstable, though they can't figure out his motive yet. Read the article below for more details.

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Four people are dead after a father shot and killed his wife and son and then shot his daughter in the back as she ran from their suburban Chicago home Sunday night. A 14-year-old boy managed to escape with his 5-year-old nephew unharmed.

Police in the southwest suburb of Robbins, Ill. arrived to find a trail of blood at the front door and a family dead inside a home after they responded to a report of shots fired around 10:40 p.m. Sunday, CBS Chicago reports.

Officials say Michael Worsham, 43, carried out the brutal attack on his familybefore dying inside the home of a heart attack, WGN reports.

"I cannot imagine what could bring someone to such a dark place where the [sic] believe they need to take the lives of his whole family," Robbins Police Chief Mitchell Davis said at a Monday morning news conference according to the Tribune.

Police confirmed Worsham as the shooter and named his wife of 12 years, 42-year-old Michele Ollie, and their children, Steven, 17 and Trisdion, 15, as the deceased, according to ABC Chicago.

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