Man Kills His Wife And 5 Others Before Taking His Own Life

A man killed five people and his wife before shooting himself as police closed in on him. 

According to reports, it all started when the husband and wife went to a haulage company in Bakersfield, California, U.S.A, where he confronted a man and shot him to death. The gunman then turned the gun to his wife and killed her. He chased after a man from the business and gunned him down in front of a nearby shop. He ran away from the scene, killed two men at a home and carjacked a mother and child.

While the man drove to a motorway, after carjacking the mother and child, a police officer spotted him, the man pulled over and shot himself as the officer confronted him at gunpoint. 

The mass killing occurred on Wednesday night, lasted for about 10-15 minutes and ended after the man shot himself to death. The woman and child are safe and unharmed.

"This is the new normal, if you look across the country. Six people lost their lives in a very short period of time.", Kern County Sheriff, Donny Youngblood told reporters

He said that detectives are still investigating to find out what led to the killings. He also said that "obviously these are not random killings"

"There was some type of situation that caused the husband to be extremely upset", added the Sheriff

A handgun was recovered, the police believe that the gun was used in the killings. Investigations are currently going on at five different crime scenes in Bakersfield.