Police: Missouri man killed wife and her dad, then himself

(AP) — Authorities say a rural Missouri man killed his wife and her father before fatally shooting himself. 

Four children were in the home but were unharmed. 

Authorities say the shooting happened Wednesday night near the town of Foley. 

Deputies found a woman and two men with gunshot wounds. 

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department says 38-year-old Lauren Jennings Foland and her father, 72-year-old Scott Preston Causey, were pronounced dead at the scene. 

The suspected shooter, 56-year-old Phillip Lee Foland, died at the hospital. 

The sheriff’s department says Phillip Lee Foland was the husband of Lauren Jennings Foland and the father of the four children, who are in protective custody.