US man fatally shot after killing his parents, partner and infant
An Oregon man has been gunned down by local sheriff’s deputies after killing four members of his family, including his infant daughter, and while trying to kill another.
The authorities reported the incident on Sunday, saying they confronted the scene near the city of Woodburn in Oregon’s Marion County after responding to an emergency call at 10.15 p.m. on the previous day.
The attacker has been named as 42-year-old Mark Leo Gregory Gago. The victims were identified as his mother, stepfather, partner, and the infant, Gago’s child with the partner.
Two people survived the attack, including an eight-year-old girl from the partner’s previous marriage, and the girl’s roommate.
“They were not shot," Sgt. Brian Jensen, a spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, said of the victims. "We’re not sure what was used at this time. I’ve been told that there were numerous weapons, swords, things of that nature in the residence. The investigators are trying to determine what exactly was used to kill each person."
Neighbor recalls ‘ax’
One neighbor told KOIN 6 News channel, which is broadcast in Portland, Oregon, that the father had used an ax during the bloodshed -- but that remains unconfirmed.
"It was like an ax with a hammer head on it, a long-handled type hatchet hammer," she said.
Another cited the eight-year-old survivor as saying, "She was asleep in her bed and Mark woke her up by attacking her. She wrestled with him, got the weapon away from him.”
Reports say the attacker was divorced and had two prior assault cases against him dismissed, British paper Daily Mirror wrote.
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