Man killed wife, 7-year-old daughter, in apparent murder-suicide in Lowell, DA confirms
The victims of an apparent murder-suicide in Lowell over the weekend have been identified by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
On April 27, Lowell police reportedly received a 911 call from a man, identified as 52-year-old Steven Johns, at the Bagshaw Mills Condominium on Warren Street around 6:39 a.m.
Johns told dispatchers he shot his wife, 45-year-old Kaydion Dawson, and their 7-year-old daughter, according to authorities.
Officers responding to the apartment found Dawson and the 7-year-old deceased, along with Johns dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The incident remains under investigation by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office and the Lowell Police Department.
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