ROANOKE, Ind. (WISH) — A 46-year-old man and his 80-year-old father were found shot Thursday night in their home in a northern Indiana town, and both later died at a Fort Wayne hospital, authorities said.
Investigators think Brandon M. Henline shot and killed his father, Richard L. Henline Jr., and then committed suicide, the Huntington County Coroner’s Office says.
Authorities believe an argument between the two men may have triggered the shooting.
The two men were found shot shortly before 9:10 p.m. Thursday at the home on Allen Street in Roanoke. The town of about 1,800 residents is about a half-hour drive on U.S. 24 southwest of downtown Fort Wayne.
Huntington Central Dispatch had received a 911 call reporting the shooting.
Autopsies done at the Northeast Indiana Forensic Center in Fort Wayne confirmed Richard Henline died of multiple gunshot wounds in a homicide, and Brandon M. Henline died from a single gunshot wound.
The Huntington County Sheriff’s Office says it also was part of the investigation.
Mental health resources
- Be Well Indiana
- Indiana Suicide Prevention
- Indiana Department of Child Services’ Children’s Mental Health Initiative
- National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255
- More resources
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