The Cheif looked seriously upset by this situation. I imagine the discovery of an entire family murdered would be shocking.

They took care of the nephew and lost their lives for it. Its so sad how an act of kindness led to their deaths.

I’m so sorry for the family, friends, neighbors and, not least of all, the police affected by this tragedy - my heart breaks for you all.

I can't imagine what each family member was going through as each one of them were murdered. I just can't wrap my mind around that. My heart is with the loved ones of all of the victims.

What possible reason could he have had to do this? It’s my understanding he even killed their dog. What a horrific tragedy. I can’t even imagine the last person he killed (besides himself, of course) having to witness their family being murdered one by one. This is shit nightmares are made of. God bless all their souls, especially the family’s.

That Police Chief is right, you can't unsee it..😔

I appreciate the police chief being transparent about the emotion/psychological toll this takes on his officers.

Sick of these stories. When will America begin to take mental health/health care seriously. Getting help should be our first option and should not be difficult/cost prohibitive. So sorry for this family and the community.

Why did he feel suicide needed to be a group event, especially those two little girls. They had an entire life ahead of them, what right did he have to take that away from them? 😡😡😡

My cousin was killed in a murder-suicide by her husband on 4/19.. We have no idea why. The kids saw it happen.. I’m just glad he didn’t take them too

Mental health is a HUGE problem in this country. My sincerest condolences to the family. We need to have more trained professionals to step in and help reduce the stress for the person, families, LEO and mental health workers.

I want to commend the news anchor for her reading of the available helplines. She really communicated the message “someone cares -we care-, and will listen, every single times”. It’s normally rushed & clearly ‘because we have to’. This one hit differently. Well done.

No good deed goes unpunished. Sux worse when it's 'family'.💔Your choice to take your own life, but WHY take others?Leaving is a better choice 🤔

Just seeing the Easter decorations in the window is saddening, I can’t imagine the people that had to walk into that, of course you can’t ever forget something that horrific. Just awful

God rest their souls 😔 this is such a horrific situation for all involved.

What a horrible tragedy. May they rest In peace...

I can’t imagine being a police officer and seeing deceased families . Horrifying. So sad for that family!!

I am brought to tears anytime I see a grown man cry... but a grown man and police chief?! I lost it

This is absolutely tragic and so sad. Prayers for all the family members, friends and these poor police officers. 😢🙏🏻💕

“Hey sis/bro I wish I could help you but we can’t taken in your son/ our nephew. His mental problems are beyond our ability to care for him. It scares us. Hey I’ll go with you to get him hep but he can’t stay here. I am so sorry. Please understand I have kids here! Sometimes you have to say NO to family. Point blank. RIP.

My condolences to the family

To yourself is one thing but why to innocent life/lives too? I’ll never understand.

condolences to their family and friends.

I'm so sick of people hurting children.

a nephew???? Wtf

We drive by homes everyday and never know what's going on inside

What an absolutely tragedy ;_;

So saddened this happen .My prayers go out to everyone . R.I.P. BARRY FAMILY

Prayers to everyone touched by this devastating act 🙏🏼😥✝️

It’s just best to not let anyone stay in your home smh.

Damn that guy really sent himself straight to hell like that

What a sad story, The devil has taken over the world. May their souls rest in heaven peacefully.

People are losing it.......

It takes everything in me, to not say something messed up about the nephew..

My deepest Condolence to the family and loved ones. Why do people who wants to end their life has to kill other people to those innocent children

Those poor people who had to see the scene. And the extended families. This is horrible.

Sad to see story like this you never know what goes through people minds at the time.. mental illness is so real we need to stop treating this like it ain't nothing so many need help and don't reach out for it..stop saying it's ok and it's not..😞

To the Duluth LEOs who had to witness this horrific scene, please have your trauma treated. Cops don't like to talk about PTSD and some even consider it a sign of weakness. Do NOT let PTSD begin to take root in your brain. Secondary PTSD is a *real traumatic syndrome* and you never know which traumatic incident is going to push your brain over the edge. You don't want ANY part of PTSD, that I can promise you with every cell in my being. Please get multiple treatments of EMDR so you don't have to lose your life....so your children don't lose their parent....your kids need you the most and they deserve to have an emotionally healthy parent.

Murders, suicides, people attacking each other and just general unhappiness are statistically off the charts right now. The numbers continue to grow each month. Something dangerous and foreboding has begun creeping up all around us while walking about in public. It's as if you can feel something in the air but it is hard to explain.

My condolences to the family, friends and the neighbors of this family. So very sad.

God bless this family's remaining members. God bless these police officers. They always get a bad rap, but put yourself in their shoes and imagine what they see day in and day out. I can't even imagine what the police had to go through when they had to pick my 29 year old son who had been shot in his neck. The officer was so hurt and couldn't imagine it. God bless this family and police department. I can't imagine walking in and finding five people dead and two of them children. God bless the chief for being so real as a person. Police are people too. This site will stay with them for the rest of their lives. I pray God heals everyone. God bless everyone involved. 🙏 💖

Not enough mental institutions anymore. Regulations, with smaller facilities maybe and on larger campuses would be one way around the previous problems. People need to be separate and professionally cared for sometimes. Usually, improperly supervised prescription drugs, street drugs and drinking are the treatments now. This is horrible.

My Sincere and Most Deepest Condolences to the Families and Friend's who knew them. Such a terrible tragedy.

Dear Jesus ,Please comfort our Police and Emergency services personnel. AMEN.

Absolutely horrific. To everyone impacted, including loved ones of the offender, I’m so so sorry. Senseless.

People are losing their lively hoods in front of their own eyes and the government looks at us like numbers until it's time for the news to cover a tragedy like this smh rip to this family I'm sure they were going through allot more than what the news is choosing to cover especially financially I myself kno several families almost to their breaking point because they are about to lose everything #profit/people rip 🙏

What in the hell is going on up here in this tri-state Great Lakes area? We have a serious mental health crisis playing out here.

SMH, May they all Rest In Peace. Talk to you peoples, you never know when someone is in a Very Dark Place!!! Be safe!!!

My deepest condolences to family and friends 🙏♥️

The word “ Asshole” should be , by law, attached to the names of these killers. The official record should include the word asshole with their name.

This is why you don't allow family members with mental issues to live in the home with you and your children. I will never understand why people allow that! I understand having a good heart and all, but when it comes to the well-being and safety of your children you have to be very aggressive. My children do not spend the night at others homes for reasons like this. Of course they can go to birthday parties, school functions, and play outside things if that nature but no overnight stays. People don't say "oh by the way my nephew who's a sex offender lives in my back house", or " my husband has been to prison for 20 years for murder" or anything like that.They won't admit things like that because it's embarrassing. But it puts everyone at risk. I have a great aunt who lives out of state with her daughter and two sons. One son is mentally disturbed. They all sleep with their doors locked when it's time for bed, instead of putting him a mental institution. My mother just knows she going to get a call one day saying her sister and her other niece and nephew is dead. It's heartbreaking we have to protect our families at all cost. Even if it from a mentally disturbed member of the family.

Heartbreaking

Such heartbreaking violence, but domestic/family abuse doesn’t just happen between husbands and wives. What a tragic case for the police officers who were asked to respond. My prayers and thoughts are with the family members, the law enforcement and their families who will be affected, as well as the neighbors who are facing having to live there with their memories of the family. ✊🏽😢

RIP all🕊♥️🕊 Prayers for families of these people🙏♥️

He also killed the family dog .

Senselessness..

May the family rest in peace.

Every nasty thing done is blamed on mental health there are many who never hurt others that are mentally ill I'm sick of criminals getting away with using mental health as a excuse

Tragic! God Bless everyone affected by this tragedy! 🙏

Rip to all victims of depression , it’s so sad and and tragic in same time.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻Hopefully now you’re all in much better place 🌹🌹🌹

I’m planning on adopting children when I get my life together and I’m sure others have this idea as well. So if you planning on killing yourself leave the innocent alone and go in peace ,the kids will be ok.

So much of police sacrifice is having to see the carnage.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND ADORE you Chief Mike ❤️. Your sense of compassion that is so raw and evident is a picture that EVERY SINGLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL SHOULD STRIVE TO EMULATE!! Prayers up for the family, friends and officers that are impacted by this atrocious tragedy. Rest in Jesus sweet family 🙏🙏🙏🙏💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️

This is happening all over state to state wake up this world is out of control Don't even trust family don't argue!!if u know family is crazy move leave no address!!

People who are sociopaths do that

demonic

Selfish and disgusting. May the innocent RIP. If you're going to take yourself out, then do that. Leave the rest be.

Praying for the police and family.

Wonder if nephew did something and instead of facing prosecution, chose HIS easy way out? So sad for the lives lost. Heart goes out to family and friends. May they rest in peace.🙏

He look crazy as hell, I bet they were trying to help him 🤷🏾‍♀️

You think you are doing good by opening your home to a family member not knowing that it can cost you your life for doing so. 😞🙏 May our heavenly Father have the family of 4 in His glory.

selfish selfish selfish

Family is dear, but never let the guard down. Why gun was easily accessible to the man who had mental health issue? Such a beautiful family, taken away by such a senseless act by a person who they were maybe trying to help. Always be careful who you let in and always be alert. L learned this from it.

My grandparents were original homesteaders in duluth I was born there, this is horrendous on every level that no one saw this sick man . Shirley thorstad . Laurence " babe " thorstad was my dad.

God bless this family and I'm so sorry for the loss of the family.

Who does something like this?

This is very troubling and I’d hate to be the one to witness such a gruesome scene. Does anyone know if houses like this get put back on the market to be sold..? I live a few blocks away from a house where tragedy took place and I’ve never seen anyone even inquire about that house and this was over 4 years ago.. I don’t know if I’d be able to over look something like that even if the price was rite…. Would you?💀

And he killed the family dog also.😥

I’m tired of this copy cat stuff!!! Stop killings your whole family!! Just go by yourself!!

Very Sad 😪

These dudes are destroying everything and everyone. Y’all be safe. RIP.

A product of his community

Sending condolences to the family and lots of Love, appreciation to the Chief and his Officers...SO brutal to have to be involved in this terrible tragedy as part of their job!

Praying for the families left behind, but also for the law enforcement and response team involved.

So sad. And it must be really hard for the officers to have to go through this. And sadly it probably won't be the last time they have to deal with a situation like this again. My heart hurts for the officers. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 🙏🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿

So sad

I hate stories like this. It’s just the worst news possible, an entire family wiped out.

Praying for the police too. Their job is so stressful.

What kind of shady things were the aunt and uncle into? Maybe they did horrible things to the nephew. Never just assume someone is the victim.

Lord have mercy! There but for the grace of God....." I pray for the all involved that each one may find peace!

I don't know any other way to say this other than this world has gone to hell in a handbag.

So much sadness.

The Devil if you allow him to can come into a home such as this family and cause some much pain and misery. My Condolence to all their families!! Very sad.

This is why sick mental illness people need to be lock up. Feel sad for the kids, what did they do to deserve this.

I just don't understand what is going on in this country/world!!! 😢💜 It's totally 💔!!

This is unfortunately becoming more and more frequent! It is a tragedy for families, friends and for all those who have been around the family! Nobody should die this way! Really sad!

Thank you President Reagan for eliminating virtually all inpatient mental health hospitals and cutting the budgets of outpatient mental health facilities and ensuring that YOUR trend continues to this day. An estimated 26% of Americans ages 18 and older -- about 1 in 4 adults -- suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. Many people suffer from more than one mental disorder at a given time. In particular, depressive illnesses tend to co-occur with substance abuse and anxiety disorders. Twenty-six percent of 258.3 MILLION is a LOT of people who need help. Of course not all will take the lives of others or themselves but they will need serious help. Until we "face the music" more tragedies and more tragedies and more...

May the 29-year-old named Brandon Taylor Cole-Skogstad rest in heavenly peace. Brandon Taylor Cole-Skogstad was an amazing, wonderful, and productive guy in Minnesota to be around with. Brandon Taylor Cole-Skogstad however may have some mental illness, felt deep sadness, and/or suffered from depression. This is not much of a domestic abuse case but rather more of a suicide case of a man who sadly took his own life. I know of a super extremely sad murder-suicide last year where unfortunately the brilliant, smart, kind, and loving 19-year-old Farhan Towhid tragically took his own life/committed suicide. The suicide of Farhan Towhid is honestly one of the most saddest and melancholic suicide I ever heard about. Rest in genuine heavenly peace to Farhan Towhid, Howard Newhouse, Brandon Taylor Cole-Skogstad, Andre Anglin, Caleb Duberry, and Humberto Christian Tovar Zapata. It can be a disgusting world where there are still people in the comments who disrespects, bullies, or dislikes people who already committed suicide due to mental illness. “Suicide isn’t cowardly. It’s not weakness. It isn’t selfish. It’s born of a hopelessness that can imagine no other way out. It is a thick, pitch black haze created by powerful personal demons that prevents you from seeing light in the moment.” - John Pavlovitz

Prayers to the family and the police officers who had to walk into that situation. Like he said, its something you cannot unsee. :(

Damn shame as someone with two daughters I caint even imagine inocent lives taken for no reason RIP to that family sad that the coward took his own life and won't be brought to justice