Man Kills Family, Self in Plainville

0:00A 27-year-old man in Plainville named Patrick J. King allegedly shot and killed his 31-year-old girlfriend, Felicia Matthews, her four-year-old daughter Ava and her 12-year-old daughter. Melina from a previous relationship before turning the gun on himself, Friday afternoon. Around 3.53 pm, King's sister called 911 after he confessed over the phone to the shootings and said he planned to end his own. Life, prompting police to rush to the Milford Street home and lock down the neighborhood. Offices couldn't reach him at first, so they called in a SWAT team from nearby departments who used drones and cell phones for two hours of talks to. Get him out peacefully, but after deploying pepper gas, King shot himself in the head. Inside, they found the three victims dead from gunshots, tried to save King, but he died soon after at a hospital and recovered several weapons, including one he legally owned with a carry permit. This tragedy had a tight community hard, with no prior police calls to the home since they

1:02moved in January, leaving folks grieving as investigators. Probe for motive while schools preps of poor for kids reeling from the loss. Local news, powered by AI. This is Hartford News today. I'm Corey with The Story.