Police: Pa. man kills son, wounds wife; kills self

Published March 24, 2013

Associated Press

PETERSBURG, Pa. –  Authorities say a central Pennsylvania father shot and killed his 2-year-old son and wounded his estranged wife before killing himself.

Huntingdon County District Attorney George Zanic says 52-year-old Kenneth Ayers had gone to his mother's home near Petersburg on Saturday to exchange custody with his estranged wife.

Authorities said an argument broke out and he shot the woman in the legs, right arm and face and killed their son, Michael. Zanic says the woman had obtained a protection from abuse order against her husband.

Kenneth Ayers' body was found several hours later in his truck in a wooded area nearby in Warriors Mark Township. Police said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Petersburg is about 20 miles southwest of State College.

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Slain Conn. boys had multiple gunshot wounds

HARTFORD, Conn. –  The state medical examiner's office says the two boys killed in a Connecticut murder-suicide each had multiple gunshot wounds.

The examiner's office says the boys' grandmother, 47-year-old Debra Denison, died of a gunshot wound to the head.

Police say Denison left a suicide note and took a revolver from her house on Tuesday before picking up 2-year-old Alton Perry and 6-month-old Ashton Perry at their day care in North Stonington. Their bodies were found in a van hours later after a frantic search.

The examiner's office on Friday confirmed homicide was the cause of death for both boys. It says the older boy died of gunshot wounds to the head and the younger boy died of multiple gunshot wounds.

A vigil for the family was scheduled for Friday evening.

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