SWAT Team Finds Bodies

"CALLAWAY, NE - The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an early morning murder-suicide in Callaway.

"According to a press release, just after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday the Custer County Sheriff's Office received a call that shots had been fired at a home about 9 miles southwest of Callaway.

"The 911 call was made by a woman at 77930 Drive 420 who said her husband, Richard L. Malcom, 63, had been shot, her nephew, Jarod M. Malcom, 33, was armed with a shotgun and she was hiding in the house.

"The Sheriff's Office requested the assistance of the Nebraska State Patrol.

"Before troopers and deputies could arrive on the scene, the woman called her son who lives nearby. He arrived and the woman and her son fled unharmed.

"Troopers and deputies responded and set up a perimeter around the property. The Nebraska State Patrol's Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT Team, was activated.
Upon their arrival at the scene, numerous attempts were made to contact the two men believed to be remaining on the property. In the early morning hours, SWAT Team members entered the house and garage area of the residence. Upon entry into the garage area, SWAT Team members discovered the bodies of two men.

"According to NSP crime scene investigators, Richard Malcom died from a gunshot wound to the head. Jarod Malcom died as the result of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

"Autopsies have been scheduled on both of the deceased. The investigation into the incident continues."

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