dad, mom and 6-year-old daughter shot dead

What was supposed to be a trip out of town has turned into tragedy for an American family. Tyler Schmidt, his wife Sarah and daughter Lula, aged only 6, were killed while on a camping site in Iowa. Only the eldest son, 9, managed to survive the killing spree of Anthony Sherwin, 23, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after his family was attacked.

The facts date back to last 22 July, but only yesterday, Thursday 4 August, were the results of theautopsy to which the corpses of Tyler and the rest of his family were subjected. The 42-year-old man died of a gunshot wound and “multiple sharp body injuries,” while his wife, Sarah, also 42, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the Iowa Public Safety Department in a press release. Their 6-year-old daughter, Lula, died of an injury from weapon and for strangulation.

The Schmidts’ 9-year-old son, who was with his parents at the camp, survived the attack unharmed, but investigators have not made it clear whether he was in the tent when the attack occurred. The Department also confirmed the killer, Anthony Sherwin, 23, of LaVista, Nebraska, died of a gunshot wound. self-inflicted after the family was attacked early in the morning of July 22 while in their tent at Maquoketa Caves State Park campground.

The assailant was also camping with his parents that morning. According to investigators, the young man acted alone but it is still yellow on the motive that pushed the young man to commit such a heinous crime. The killer’s mother, Cecilia Sherwin, told theAssociated Press in the days following the shooting she and her husband had been devastated by the attack on the Schmidts and the loss of their son, whom she described as kind, sensitive, an outstanding student and an aspiring businessman.