Portage, Indiana murder suicide: Charles Manville shoots school secretary wife, Brandy Manville dead then self dead along with injuring the couple’s daughter, Hayleigh in a domestic violence episode.
A school administrative assistant and her husband were found shot dead at a Portage, Indiana home, Friday night. A third person, described as the couple’s daughter, was also found seriously injured with gunshot wounds in what police are now describing as a ‘domestic incident’.
Identified as the victims were Brandy Manville, 46, an administrative assistant at Portage high school and her husband, 45 year old, Charles Manville, who is alleged to have shot his wife dead before then fatally shooting himself along with injuring the couple’s 21 year old daughter, Hayleigh Manville.
Authorities were called to a residence on the 6300 block of Monument Avenue after the couple’s daughter called 911 to say her father was threatening to kill everybody at the residence, just on 7:41 p.m. Friday.
Portage murder-suicide
The 21 year old caller, a former student at the high school where her mom worked, reportedly said her father was intoxicated and throwing items inside the house and then said her father was armed with a gun, WGN9 reported.
Investigators said 911 operators heard the man saying that everyone was going to die before the sound of gunfire.
According to police, officers forced their way inside the home and found the 45 year old husband-father dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Also found dead was Brandy Manville who had been shot multiple times. The couple’s daughter, a 21-year-old woman, was found alive despite being shot and now considered in life threatening condition according to ABC7Chicago.
Investigators believe this incident was isolated to the three people found inside the home in what they now believe was a murder-suicide and that there was no threat the community.
Fundraiser to help surviving children
On Saturday afternoon, Portage Township Schools said Brandy was someone that went above and beyond for her students and all those that knew and loved her.
‘I have 2,200 kids. Almost everyone of them know who Mrs. Manville is, so as you might understand, it’s going to be whatever the kids need as much. As we preach education, it will be secondary this week,’ Portage High School Principal Michael Stills told WGN News.
A GoFundMe has also been set up to help Brandy’s family courtesy of Brandy’s best friend, Olivia Chelich.
Stated the fundraiser in part, ‘There is so much I could say about Brandy. She was the absolute best mother in the world to her children. There was nothing in this world that meant more to her than Ethan and Hayleigh. Being a mother was her favorite job, and she was the best person for it. Her children always felt her love and knew they had her in their corner.’
As of Sunday noon, over $30K had been raised of a $75K initial target.
Reflected Chelich talking to press, ‘I’m so sorry. This is not fair. This was not how it was supposed to be.’
