A father allegedly shot dead his wife, their two kids, and his young niece and nephew an hour after one of the children’s birthday party.
Brandon Allan Kendrick, 32, faces five counts of capital murder after the mass shooting at his pastor grandfather Allan’s property in Alabama.
His wife Kelse Kendrick, 24, was found dead alongside their son Kaleb, 6, and Kynli, 2, and their cousins Colton, 8, and Haley Daniels, 6, on Thursday night.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Kelse and her side of the family were celebrating Colton’s ninth birthday, but she returned about 7pm after Kendrick demanded she come home.
All five were shot in the head and found dead at the scene, other than Haley, who was still breathing and rushed to hospital, but did not survive.
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Kendrick allegedly gunned down his family at the garage apartment they lived in on Allan Kendrick’s property in West Blocton, about 40 miles south of Birmingham.
Allan is the pastor of Oasis of Praise Church in nearby Bessemer, and called 911 about 8.18pm on Thursday after finding the bodies.
Kelse’s uncle Eli Morrow and his wife Brittany said the party was held at family patriarch Bill Morrow’s house ahead of Colton’s birthday on Tuesday.
Kendrick was at not at the party, and his schizophrenic episodes had worsened over the previous two weeks.
