Oklahoma police have revealed new details about the horrific scene left behind inside the home where a father gunned down his wife and three of his four children before turning the gun on himself.
On Sunday night, Jonathan Candy, 42, armed himself with a gun following an argument with his wife Lindsay before systematically shooting his family members one by one, according to Sgt. Gary Knight, who told the DailyMail that the victims, his wife and three children, were found in areas of the home.
The fourth child, Candy's ten-year-old son, was left to discover his families' bodies, HNGN previously reported.
"the boy woke up and discovered what had happened," Sgt. Gary Knight said while describing the scene as "carnage."
"The door (to his room) was closed, and there was a box fan running that would also muffle the sound. There is no indication he didn't sleep through it."
Two bodies were located upstairs and another two downstairs, while one of the boys had been shot in his bed.
"Make no mistake about it; what happened in that residence was nothing short of a massacre," Knight said.
Neighbor Michael Burcham, 68, told reporters that Candy had previously confided in him about his struggle with depression.
"All day, we just couldn't imagine. He must have really been having a hard time," Burcham said.
The surviving ten-year-old was placed in the custody of relatives.
The police disclosed that they had no previous contact with the family, had never been called to their home, and that there was no history of domestic violence in the family.
