Teen Kills 5 in Ohio Farmhouse Shootings


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By KATE ROBERTS Associated Press Writer

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BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio May 31, 2005 ? On the morning he was to graduate from high school, Scott Moody walked a half-mile to his grandparents' farmhouse and began what authorities say was the first stop in a gruesome murder-suicide that ended in six deaths.

Moody's family had been troubled recently, according to published reports. The dairy farm had fallen into disrepair and had been producing little milk.

According to investigators, Moody shot his grandparents with a .22-caliber rifle before heading home, where he went from bedroom to bedroom, shooting his mother, teenage sister and two friends before killing himself.

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The only survivor Moody's critically wounded sister used her cell phone to call for help.

"It's tough on us," Logan County Sheriff Michael Henry said. "We knew these people. We're familiar with these kids. I feel so badly for these families, this community."

The Sunday morning rampage perplexed school officials, who said the 18-year-old seemed to have been in good spirits. The deaths came hours after a family party to celebrate the upcoming graduation.

Henry identified the victims as Moody's mother, Sheri Shafer, 37; grandparents Sharyl Shafer, 66, and Gary Shafer, 67; and two friends, Megan Karus, 19, and Paige Harshbarger, 14. Karus and Harshbarger had slept over after the party.

Bernie Pachmayer, superintendent for the school district, said no one had seen any indication Moody was troubled.

"In our minds, it couldn't possibly be Scott," Pachmayer said. She said Scott was a "clean-cut boy" who wanted to be a farmer.

But neighbors and friends said the family had been having difficulty. The farm began to decline about a decade ago and Sheri Shafer, got divorced, neighbor Clifford Kelly told The New York Times.

A dispute over an inheritance further divided the family, and the family disagreed about how to operate their dairy farm, he said.

"Basically, it was the stress of this young man and his mother, not satisfied with how the grandfather was running things," Kelly told The Columbus Dispatch. "The farm's in disrepair. It's a sad, sad situation."

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Wow, that's horrible. :no:

According to investigators, Moody shot his grandparents with a .22-caliber rifle before heading home, where he went from bedroom to bedroom, shooting his mother, teenage sister and two friends before killing himself.

God. :no: Let them rest in peace.

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I have no comment. This is unbelievable. :cry:

As for his sister, I have no idea how she's going to understand what her brother just did.

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