Nicholas Arruda, 39, shot his wife Danielle, and their two young children, ages 2 and 5, before turning the gun on himself in their West Greenwich home. Police responded to a welfare check after Danielle missed work for several days. The motive behind the tragedy remains unclear.
A Rhode Island dad fatally shot his entire family — including his seven-months pregnant wife — with a semi-automatic carbine late last week in a gruesome murder-suicide that’s rocked their tiny town.
“We believe it is the weapon used in the murder/suicide,” police said in a statement. “However, a formal firearms examination has not yet been conducted.
Multiple reports said there were no indications of strife, and the couple appeared to have “loved one another and they loved their children,” the police chief said.Ramsay added that cops had never been to the Cheyenne Trail home, which the family bought in 2019.Nicholas had been arrested once, about 11 years ago, for felony assault while in another relationship, the outlet said.He’d worked as a painter but had been unemployed for several years because of a back injury.
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