’Mentally ill’ North Carolina man ‘left a family lunch, went outside, then drove his car into the building, killing two relatives’
Roger Self killed his daughter and daughter-in-law, police said; the 62-year-old man is being held on two charges of first-degree murder
A 62-year-old man was under arrest in North Carolina on Monday after he allegedly excused himself from a restaurant lunch with his family, stepped outside and got into his Jeep, then rammed into restaurant at high speed – killing his daughter and daughter-in-law.
Roger Self is being held on two charges of first-degree murder, the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office said.
Self was “a faithful, churchgoing family man”, known for quoting the Bible, according to his hometown newspaper, the Gaston Gazette. The newspaper blamed the vehicle attack on Self’s descent into depression and mental illness.
The dead included Self’s 26-year-old daughter, Katelyn Tyler Self, an off-duty Gaston County sheriff’s deputy, according to a press release.
WSOC-TV identified the other deceased victim as Self’s daughter-in-law, Amanda Self. Amanda Self’s 13-year-old daughter was also injured, as was Roger Self’s wife, Diana.