Michigan sheriff: Man shot family before killing himself

A neighbour of Roger Kyle Hagger, who shot his wife and children on late Saturday afternoon, said that he heard gunshots but assumed they were from someone hunting in the woods.

Pullman: Investigators for a Michigan sheriff's office believe a man shot and killed his two children and their mother before killing himself, authorities said late Saturday. In a statement, the Allegan County Sheriff's Office said officers found all four dead inside a home in Lee Township on Saturday afternoon. An uncle of the woman called police after he went to check on the family and reported seeing her unresponsive through a window, the statement said.

The sheriff's office identified the victims as 35-year-old Cindy Clouse and two children, aged 10 and 13. The statement said police believe 34-year-old Roger Kyle Hagger shot Clouse and their children before killing himself but did not provide more detail on the continuing investigation. A neighbor told WOOD-TV that he heard several gunshots on Saturday around noon and assumed they were from someone hunting until seeing the sheriff's cars in the area. "It's a horrible, horrible thing," neighbour Kevin Hejtmancik said. You hear about it, you never think it's going to happen across the road. (AP)