Stabbing, Suicide, and Tragedy in Two Cities | Minneapolis News

Minneapolis News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 14, 2026 · 1m

A chilling double murder-suicide unfolded across two cities this week, as a man allegedly stabbed his 7-year-old daughter and a 78-year-old relative before taking his own life. The horror began at home, where he reportedly attacked his wife and daughter with a screwdriver — other children were spared — before dying by gunshot. Investigators are probing marital strife as a possible motive, noting a disturbing trend: men are overwhelmingly responsible for intimate partner homicide-suicides in Minnesota, and the use of stabbing — not firearms — makes this case especially rare and alarming…