The Chronicle of Higher Education

At Shepherd U., Father Kills 2 Sons and Himself

By ERIC HOOVER

A man killed his two sons at Shepherd University on Saturday before taking his own life.

State police officials said Douglas W. Pennington, 49, used a .38-caliber handgun to shoot Logan P. Pennington, 26, and Benjamin M. Pennington, 24, both seniors at the university, in Shepherdstown, W.Va. The elder Mr. Pennington then shot himself in the chest....

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