Webster County man charged with killing 2 near Elkland

A Marshfield man was charged with murder Wednesday after authorities say he shot and killed two people Tuesday near Elkland.

Kenneth Livingston, 31, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and three counts of armed criminal action after deputies say he opened fire on family members.

Court documents identify the deceased as Lindsey Livingston and Kristee Bedgood.

According to a probable cause statement, deputies were dispatched at about 11 a.m. Tuesday to a residence on Pleasant Church Road in rural Webster County, where they found the two women who had been shot to death and a man who had been shot in the arm.

Kenneth Livingston, the estranged husband of Lindsey Livingston and the son-in-law of Kristee Bedgood, was quickly identified as a suspect, according to the statement.

A witness told investigators that after an argument about custody of the children, Kenneth Livingston shot Lindsey Livingston and Bedgood to death on Tuesday morning, according to the statement.

A third victim survived the shooting after exchanging gunfire with Kenneth Livingston, the statement says.

Kenneth Livingston allegedly told investigators he fired in self-defense.

Livingston is being held in the Webster County Jail on a $2 million bond. He does not have an attorney listed in this case.