Oregon quintuple homicide suspect dies by suicide after killings, officials say

Benjamin Parker, 36, is accused of killing his girlfriend Stella Kimsey, her grandmother Mary Kimsey, her mother Rowan Kimsey, Stella’s friend Linsey Haraldsen and Haraldsen’s partner Alvin Chu at a rural Forest Grove, Oregon property, firing multiple shots and attempting to set fires; two dogs and two cats were killed and a third cat was wounded and euthanized. Parker fled to Enumclaw, Washington, where he died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot; motive hasn’t been released and the case remains under investigation as authorities support the victims’ families.