Mayor's nephew 'shot dead a grandmother, 65, young couple and children aged 1 and 5 in suburban home'

The nephew of an Illinois mayor is suspected of shooting dead a grandmother, a young couple and the couple's two sons at their home in the tiny community of Manchester. Manchester Mayor Ronald Drake revealed this afternoon that the suspected gunman in the horrific slaying was his nephew, 43-year-old Rick Smith. Smith was later killed in a shootout with police, authorities said. The family of five were found lifeless in their Manchester home on Wednesday morning, and were later identified as Joanne Sinclair, 65, her granddaughter Brittney Luark, 22, the girl's boyfriend James Roy Ralston, and the couple's sons Nolan Ralston, 5, and Brantley Ralston, 1.

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