SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Scottsdale police says a man fatally shot his wife and two young children before killing himself in the family home.
Police spokesman Sgt. Ben Hoster says in a Saturday statement that investigators determined the family had been having financial struggles.
Police were called to the couple’s north Scottsdale home Friday afternoon by a co-worker of 39-year-old Jason Fairbanks. The co-worker had gone to the home to check on him after he didn’t show up for work and found all four shot to death.
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The wife was identified as 39-year-old Anne Fairbanks. The couple’s 3-year-old daughter and 9-month-old son weren’t named by police.
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