5 dead in Ky. murder-suicide

A Kentucky gunman killed his parents, his girlfriend, her mother and himself, police said Sunday.

Joseph Nickell’s parents, James and Arlene Nickell, were gunned down Saturday at a residence in Flatgap, and Joseph, his girlfriend, Lindsey Vanhoose, and her mother, Patricia Vanhoose, later were shot dead at an apartment in nearby Paintsville, State Police said.