A police officer in Kansas City has shot dead his wife and 12-year-old son dead before turning the gun on himself in a horrific murder-suicide.
Jerel D. McGeachy, 38, worked as a police officer with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs alongside his wife, Domonique, who worked as a nurse.
Just after 9:45am on Monday, April 1, the couple were found dead inside their home alongside their 12-year-old son Jerel D. McGeachy Jr.
The grisly discovery was made by officers during a wellness check – who found the three family members with ‘apparent bodily trauma.’
Kansas City Police officers said that they first came across the 12-year-old boy with a fatal gunshot wound, and that as they went further into the home they discovered his mother, 38, who also had suffered a deadly gunshot wound.
A police officer in Kansas City has shot dead his wife and 12-year-old son dead before turning the gun on himself in a horrific murder-suicide (Jerel D. McGeachy, 38, is pictured right with his 12-year-old son)
Jerel D. McGeachy, 38, worked as a police officer with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs alongside his wife, Domonique, who worked as a nurse
Domonique McGeachy was featured in an ABC11 special tribute to ‘hero’ nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also served seven years in the United States Army
McGeachy Sr. ‘appeared to die as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound,’ according to People.
Police are investigating the deaths of the mother and son as homicides and are ‘not actively looking for anyone else involved.’
The 12-year-old boy uploaded a worrying social media post at 5:29am the same day he was found dead.
While the post has not been publicly shared, it is known to have made references to ‘discipline by the father,’ the mother’s decision to separate from the father and ‘differences’ between the parents, People reported.
Other recent social media posts by Jerel Jr. mourned the loss of his paternal grandmother.
The family previously lived in Cumberland County, but had recently moved to Kansas City.
Domonique McGeachy was featured in an ABC11 special tribute to ‘hero’ nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
She also served seven years in the United States Army.
McGeachy Sr. (pictured here with his son) was also a well-known members of the Cumberland County community. He spent time as a Spring Lake police officer and worked as an elementary school teacher
Jerel Jr. was known in Cumberland County for his impressive ability to recite speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and he continued to show off his talent when they moved to Missouri
Police are investigating the deaths of the mother and son as homicides and are ‘not actively looking for anyone else involved’
The principal at Jerel Jr.’s middle school in Kansas City described the heartbreaking news as ‘beyond tragic’
Jerel Jr. was known in Cumberland County for his impressive ability to recite speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and he continued to show off his talent when they moved to Missouri.
The principal at Jerel Jr.’s middle school in Kansas City described the heartbreaking news as ‘beyond tragic.’
McGeachy Sr. was also a well-known members of the Cumberland County community. He spent time as a Spring Lake police officer and worked as an elementary school teacher.
‘We at VA are deeply saddened by this tragedy, and our thoughts go out to the impacted family members, friends, and co-workers,’ Department of Veterans Affairs press secretary Terrence L. Hayes said in a statement.
No details have yet been shared about a possible motive for the heartbreaking murder-suicide.