The names of those killed in a Prineville murder-suicide were released Monday by the Crook County Sheriff’s Office.

Joe Christopher Hight, 39, shot and killed his father, Joe Preston Hight, 70, and his 11-year-old son, Aiden Daniel Hight, 11, before turning the handgun on himself, deputies said.

Last Thursday, deputies were sent to a home on SE Umatilla Loop to check out the report of a dead person. When they entered the home, they found three bodies. Deputies waited to release the identities until family members were able to travel to Prineville to positively identify the bodies.

--Tom Hallman Jr.

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