A registered sex offender fatally shot his wife and four kids in an apparent murder-suicide at their home in Winfield, Kansas.
Police said that the shooting took place around 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday, August 11.
Hours after the incident happened, the Winfield Police Department revealed more information during a press conference.
Officials said that officers received a 911 call from the suspect, who was identified as Ronald H. Williams Sr., around 8:50 a.m. During the call, Williams Sr., 53, said that he had killed his family and he was planned to die by suicide soon after.
When the first officer arrived at the scene, they reported hearing a single gunshot and they started to set up a perimeter around the home.
More officers reported to the residence and they managed to breach the front door around 10:57 a.m. They then entered the home, where they found Williams Sr., his wife, Kelly George, and four children dead. The names of the children have not been released, but police said that they were between the ages of 3 to 9. The suspect and all of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said they believe that Williams Sr. killed his five family members before he called 911. Meanwhile, he waited until officers arrived to die by suicide.
The investigation into the case remains ongoing. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said that they had no further information to reveal about the case as of time of publication.
Williams Sr. reportedly had a long history of criminal charges in Kansas, and he was a registered sex offender in the state.
The suspect, who was also known by several aliases including Freddie Williams, Laron Williams and Jerome Williams, was convicted of attempted indecent liberties with a child in September 1998 following an incident that involved a 15-year-old girl, according to KCTV 5.
Us can confirm that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s registered sex offender list states that Williams Sr.’s offense took place nearly three decades ago in June 1997.
In addition to his status as a registered sex offender, court records revealed that Williams Sr. faced felony charges for drugs, battery, assault on a law enforcement officer, burglary, attempted rape, kidnapping and more connected to incidents that took place between 1995 and 2024.
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