A man who was apparently upset over a contentious divorce killed his former wife, her lawyer and three others on Thursday morning in the border city of Yuma, Ariz., before killing himself, the authorities and friends of the victims said.
The police were still piecing together the confusing situation, which left a trail of six bodies across the city and its environs. After killing five people and wounding a friend of his former wife, the gunman, identified as Carey H. Dyess, 73, of the farming community of Wellton, killed himself, the authorities said.
“It’s a tragedy,” Yuma’s mayor, Alan L. Krieger, said in a telephone interview. “We’re a very close-knit community, and it’s very sad that this happened. It’s unusual, and it’s not reflective of the values of our community.”
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