A Michigan man, who had reportedly been sucked into QAnon and 2020 election conspiracies, was killed by police after shooting and killing his wife.
and 2020 election conspiracies, was killed by police after shooting and killing his wife over the weekend., at around 4 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, police responded to a call from a young woman in Walled Lake, Michigan, who said she’d been shot by her father. When police arrived, they heard gunshots and soon confronted Igor Lanis, 53, who allegedly came out of his house with a shotgun and began firing. Police reportedly fired back and killed Lanis .
Inside, police found Lanis’ wife, Tina, 56, dead from multiple gunshot wounds to the back. Police also found one of Lanis’ daughters, Rachel, trying to crawl from the home after being shot in the back and legs. Rachel told the police that her dad had shot her and her mother. Rachel was then taken to a hospital and is now in stable condition following emergency surgery. The Lanis family dog was also shot multiple times and killed.
Though authorities have yet to identify Lanis’ wife and daughter, his other daughter, Rebecca, confirmed their names to. Rebecca said her father had always been “prone” to mental health issues, but he’d grown “more agitated” as he fell into internet conspiracy theories involving QAnon, vaccines, and the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
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