A 35 year-old man shot dead his girlfriend and their two young children before setting their house on fired and the proceeding to shoot himself, in a murder-suicide authorities confirmed.
The tragic incident happened late last Tuesday in Long Branch, New Jersey. Firefighters were called to the family residence and found Lyndon Beharry, 35: Amanda Morris, 29; and their children, 7 year-old Brandon Beharry and 4 year-old Brian Beharry suffering fatal gunshot wounds.
Upon firefighters arriving, the victims were “found in the same upstairs bedroom and they were struggling to survive,” said Marc LeMieux, first assistant Monmouth County prosecutor.
Lyndon Beharry worked for the city’s public works department.
‘He was an excellent mechanic and a very good-natured person,’ department director Fred Migliaccio told the Asbury Park Press.
Investigators came to a conclusion that the blaze was ignited in more than one spot, and it didn’t appear to be accidental.
‘We were like brothers. We would go to the water parks with the kids on the weekends. I don’t know how they could say this. They lived very happily,’ Ronald Beharry, who was also a neighbor, told the newspaper.
However, a neighbor said that they heard the couple arguing on the porch the day before the fire, according to CBS New York.
