Pennsylvania Gunman Found Dead in Woods

Bradley Stone accused of killing ex-wife and 5 of her family members
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 16, 2014 2:12 PM CST
Pennsylvania Gunman Found Dead in Woods
This undated photo shows Bradley William Stone, 35, of Pennsburg, Pa.   (AP Photo/Montgomery County Office of the District Attorney)

The hunt for a 35-year-old man accused of killing his ex-wife and five others in her family is over in Pennsylvania: Authorities found the body of Bradley Stone in the woods near his house in Pennsburg, reports NBC Philadelphia. Stone had "self-inflicted cutting wounds to the center of his body," and police found a knife nearby. He apparently committed suicide after yesterday's rampage in which he killed former wife Nicole Stone along with her mother, grandmother, sister, brother-in-law, and niece. The only survivor is a 17-year-old nephew who was seriously wounded. Victims were shot and slashed with a knife.

Stone reportedly recorded a video on a phone found either on him or nearby, but police did not reveal its contents. Stone had been in a bitter custody dispute with his wife over their two daughters. He dropped the two girls off unharmed at a neighbor's house after shooting their mother, authorities say. Stone is a former Marine, and a neighbor tells the Philadelphia Inquirer that he was a "great guy and an excellent father" in the early years of the marriage. "And then he went away to Iraq and came back and was a completely different man." The newspaper notes that among his Facebook favorites was the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (More Pennsylvania stories.)

Get breaking news in your inbox.
What you need to know, as soon as we know it.
Sign up
Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X