Wisconsin police have identified the man who they believe is responsible for a couple of mass murders. Authorities said 33-year-old Ritchie German Jr. shot and killed four people and injured two others before turning the gun on himself, reports Fox 6 Now. Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk told the news that Ritchie killed Bridget German, 66, Douglas German, 32, Calvin Harris, 8, and Laile Vang, 24 on Sunday.

According to Wisconsin police, Ritchie German Jr. killed three of his family members with a handgun at their Lafayette home in Chippewa County. He shot his mother Bridget German, his brother Douglas German, and his nephew Calvin Harris dead. After, he drove ten miles to Lake Hallie to the Vang residence. With a shotgun, he shot through the door. German went inside and shot Laile Vang’s father Teng Vang, 51 in his hand. Then he shot his wife Mai Chang Vang, 39 in the hand before shooting and killing Laile Vang, 24. German then turned the gun on himself. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, two family members were hiding on the main floor while two others were upstairs. Mai and Teng had to have their arms amputated.

It is unknown what the motives for the murders were but police said that it resembled the Jayme Closs case where Jake Patterson killed Jayme Closs’ parents before kidnapping the 13-year-old. She was held captive for 88 days before she escaped. Authorities said that it’s possible he went to Vang’s house to kidnap Laile. The two had sent text messages to each other, some sexual in nature, according to WQOW. However, when German texted Laile Vang, it seemed she didn’t know him. “Who is this? I don’t know you,” she texted back. There is no evidence the two met up.

The police discovered German killed his family members after the Vang murders. After running his license plate, the police went to his home and found the three bodies with gun shots to their heads.

Ritchie German Jr. was unemployed and living with his mother since 2004. He was arrested and given probation in 2006 after he threatened his two brothers with a shotgun.