Crime & Justice

Dad Arrested in Fatal Shooting of His Four Kids, Their Grandma at California Home

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The children, which included an infant, were all under the age of 12.

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A father has been arrested after his four kids under the age of 12—including one infant—and their grandma were found shot to death at a residential home in Southern California. Citing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, KABC reports that deputies found the grandma and four children dead inside a home in Lancaster, north of Los Angeles, on Sunday night. All victims are reported to have suffered gunshot wounds to their upper torsos. The father, 29-year-old Germarcus David, is being held on $2 million bail after turning himself in at the Lancaster sheriff’s station. The names of the victims have not been released.

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