Anti-Trumper Kills His Wife & Dog, Blames NRA, Then Shoots Himself

Making a political point against the National Rifle Association as you kill your wife and pets and then shoot yourself isn’t going to be particularly popular. It’s also not going to be particularly cogent.

Yet, this is the way that 56-year-old Kevin Heimsoth, a suspected murderer who also apparently wanted to check out himself, allegedly decided he wanted to leave this world.

The details are as gruesome as they are dispiriting. On Thursday morning, Heimsoth allegedly shot his wife, Lynn, at their home in Bellingham, Washington. Lynn Heimsoth, an elementary school principal, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to The Bellingham Herald. The wife’s therapy dog and the couple’s cat were also found shot to death.

On Friday, the Herald reported that Heimsoth may have admitted the crimes in tweets to the NRA, President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

He made the tweets in response to this tweet from the gun rights group wishing its members a merry Christmas.

“Guns don’t kill people, people do. Guns just make it a lot easier. AR-15 makes it super easy,” a tweet from user @kevinheimsoth_h at 3 a.m. on Thursday morning read.

“I jsit [sic] killed my whole family, and i couldnt have done it without a gun! I’m too much of a coward, a knife would have been waaay too hard. So, thanks to everyone at the NRA,” the tweet continued.

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