WELL, JESS, MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME TELL ME THEY WERE CLOSE WITH THE CANDY FAMILY, WHETHER IT WAS A SMALL WAVE IN PASSING OR THE KIDS COMING OVER TO PLAY WITH PETS, THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER EXPECTED JONATHAN CANDY WOULD KILL HIS FAMILY, HIM AND HIS KIDS SEEM LIKE THEY ALWAYS GOT ALONG. UH, HE JUST WAS A, I DON’T KNOW, JUST A FAMILY MAN. NEIGHBORS TELL ME TUESDAY THEY’RE SHOCKED AND PUZZLED BY A MASS MURDER ON THEIR STREET THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD MASSACRE ON MONDAY WHERE JONATHAN CANDY KILLED HIS WIFE AND THREE OF HIS KIDS BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF, LEAVES THEM WONDERING WHAT WENT WRONG. I MEAN, I NEVER EXPECTED THIS POLICE REVEALED TUESDAY. IT ALL STARTED WHEN JONATHAN CANDY GOT IN A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE, LINDSEY, AND SHOT HER MULTIPLE TIMES. HE THEN WENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE HOUSE, KILLING THREE OF HIS FOUR SONS. DYLAN, ETHAN AND LUCAS. WE’RE JUST IN TOTAL SHOCK. THE KIDS WERE REAL FRIENDLY. EVERYBODY HERE LOVED THE KIDS. UH, SWAM HERE AT HIS HOUSE REGULARLY. UH, THEY PLAYED WITH MY DOG, MICHAEL. BERTRAM LIVES JUST ACROSS THE STREET AND SAYS HE WAS FRIENDS WITH JONATHAN. MICHAEL SAYS JONATHAN HAD TOLD HIM HE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION. IF SOMEBODY NEEDED SOMETHING AND HE HAD A SHOP IN THE BACK, I NEEDED SOMETHING WELDED. ONE DAY I CALLED HIM UP. HE SAYS, YEAH, I’LL DO IT FOR YOU. THAT’S THE KIND OF PERSON HE WAS. JONATHAN WORKED AS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TELL US HE WAS AT THE PLAYOFF GAME SUNDAY NIGHT JUST HOURS BEFORE OPENING FIRE. ANOTHER FAMILY ON THE STREET SAID THEY DIDN’T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA, BUT SAID THEIR KIDS WERE CLOSE WITH THE CANDY FAMILY AND ARE OBVIOUSLY TAKING THE LOSS HARD. THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD LEFT STUNNED. I JUST QUESTIONED EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WAS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NO ONE KNEW. OKLAHOM CITY POLICE TELL US THEY HAVE NO CALLS FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE TO THIS ADDRESS BEHIND ME, AND NOTHING IN THEIR SYSTE
'Never expected this': Yukon neighborhood shocked by family massacre
A man in the Yukon area shot and killed his wife and three of his sons, leaving the tight-knit community in shock.
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Updated: 4:55 AM CDT Apr 24, 2024
A man shot and killed his wife and three of their sons in their Yukon-area home on Monday morning, leaving the neighborhood in shock.| MORE | Victims, suspect found dead after apparent quadruple murder-suicide at Yukon home: What we know"Him and his kids seemed like they always got along. He just was just a family man," said Michael Burcham, a neighbor and friend of the Candy family.The community was left stunned and puzzled by the mass murder that occurred on their street. Jonathon Candy was identified by police as the shooter in the quadruple murder-suicide. "I mean, I never expected this," Burcham said. The tragic event began when Jonathon got into a fight with his wife, Lindsay, and shot her multiple times, according to the Oklahoma City Police Department. "We're just in total shock," Burcham said. "The kids were real friendly. Everybody loved the kids. Swam here at his house regularly. They played with my dog." Burcham, who lives just across the street, said he was friends with Jonathon. "We assumed that everything was fine other than his depression," Burcham said. "If somebody needed something, and he had a shop in the back. I needed something to load one day. Called him and he said, 'Yeah, I'll do it for you.' That's the kind of person he was," Burcham said. Jonathon worked as a part-time employee for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Friends and neighbors say he was at the playoff game Sunday night, just hours before the shooting.Another family on the street, who chose to remain anonymous, said their kids were close with the Candy family. "I just question everything. Something was going on behind scenes that no one knew," Burcham said. Oklahoma City police said that they had no calls for domestic abuse to this address before this incident and nothing in their system on the Candy family.Top Headlines OKC police investigating after 5 people, including 2 children, found dead at Yukon home Caught on camera: Alligator spotted outside a Florida doorstep 'Everybody loved them': Neighbors describe residents of Yukon home where 5 found dead Pregnant woman walks out of second-story OKC apartment to find stairs gone
YUKON, Okla. — A man shot and killed his wife and three of their sons in their Yukon-area home on Monday morning, leaving the neighborhood in shock.
| MORE | Victims, suspect found dead after apparent quadruple murder-suicide at Yukon home: What we know
"Him and his kids seemed like they always got along. He just was just a family man," said Michael Burcham, a neighbor and friend of the Candy family.
The community was left stunned and puzzled by the mass murder that occurred on their street. Jonathon Candy was identified by police as the shooter in the quadruple murder-suicide.
"I mean, I never expected this," Burcham said.
The tragic event began when Jonathon got into a fight with his wife, Lindsay, and shot her multiple times, according to the Oklahoma City Police Department.
"We're just in total shock," Burcham said. "The kids were real friendly. Everybody loved the kids. Swam here at his house regularly. They played with my dog."
Burcham, who lives just across the street, said he was friends with Jonathon.
"We assumed that everything was fine other than his depression," Burcham said. "If somebody needed something, and he had a shop in the back. I needed something to load one day. Called him and he said, 'Yeah, I'll do it for you.' That's the kind of person he was," Burcham said.
Jonathon worked as a part-time employee for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Friends and neighbors say he was at the playoff game Sunday night, just hours before the shooting.
Another family on the street, who chose to remain anonymous, said their kids were close with the Candy family.
"I just question everything. Something was going on behind scenes that no one knew," Burcham said.
Oklahoma City police said that they had no calls for domestic abuse to this address before this incident and nothing in their system on the Candy family.
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