Angry family confrontation in Phoenix ends in bloodbath; 5 found dead in home

Angry family confrontation in Phoenix ends in bloodbath; 5 found dead in home

The feud over finances of their restaurant a limousine business had been simmering for a while and finally erupted Friday.

A disagreement between members of a limousine service-owning family in Phoenix ended in a bloody confrontation that left five people dead, authorities said.

Three men and two women were found dead after a standoff between a SWAT team and a man with a gun, according to a UPI report. Police identified the gunman as 50-year-old Driss Diaeddinn, and his victims as Reda Diaeddinn, 38, Dodi Fayed, 56, Meriem Ben Yahia, 26, and Kenza Benzakour, 76.

Police believe it was a businss dispute the eventually erupted into bloodshed based on witness testimony from the surrounding neighborhood and two women who had escaped the house. Two of the victims were Diaeddinn’s brothers, and the other two were his mother and one of the wives of his brothers, according to the report.

His wife managed to escape from the home with her 3-year-old and 10-month-old children in tow, neither of whom were hurt. A second woman escaped from the house an hour after the standoff began after she hid in a bathroom.

The family, which is from Morocco originally, range a restaurant in the area and also operated a limousine service, and they had been arguing over finances for years, according to the report.

All of the victims had been shot multiple times, and the alleged shooter was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound with the gun near his body.

A long standoff ensured with Diaeddinn, and they attempted to speak with him in Arabic as a SWAT team waited to make entry into the home, eventually finding all five people dead inside. Detectives said the scene was “horrific,” according to the AP report, and that the gunman had gone to great lengths to make sure each of them was dead.

The gunman’s wife, who had escaped the home, made the 911 call, and shots could be heard in the background.

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