Dad charged after 6-year-old son, two others shot dead; mom wounded (Greenboro, North Carolina)

Dad HOANH RCOM is charged with 3 counts of 1st-degree murder, and one of the victims was his own 6-year-old son. Notice that Daddy had a history of domestic violence.

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Father charged after 6-year-old son, two others shot dead in Greensboro
 Hoanh Rcom, 34, of Greensboro is charged with three counts of first-degree...By PAUL GARBER | Winston-Salem Journal
Published: July 21, 2011
Updated: July 21, 2011 - 11:50 PM

A man is in police custody after his 6-year-old son and two adult friends of the family were found shot dead in a Greensboro apartment complex early Thursday.

Also, a 12-year-old boy and the slain boy's mother were wounded. The boy's mother, Hli Wie, 29, was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for treatment for a gunshot wound to the hand.

The 6-year-old was identified as Jason Rcom. His father, Hoanh Rcom, 34, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.

The 12-year-old was not identified. He was wounded in the arm, and his injuries were not considered life-threatening, police said.

Susan Danielsen, a spokeswoman for the Greensboro Police Department, said the investigation is in its early stages but it appears the shooting was related to a domestic dispute.

On July 7, Hoanh Rcom was served with a domestic violence protective order prohibiting contact with Wie, police said. The two were not married, Danielson said.

Police received a 911 call about the shootings just after midnight and went to the apartment complex off Wendover Avenue.

An officer arrived and tried to block the exit from the apartment complex parking lot when his car was struck by the driver of a pickup truck who was trying to leave.

The driver tried to get out of his truck through the passenger window but police, with the help of a neighbor, took the man into custody.

A witness told FOX8/WGHP, the Winston-Salem Journal's newsgathering partner, that a man in the complex came to the officer's aid during the arrest.

"He ran into his apartment and retrieved a firearm and helped until the officer could control the suspect and keep him from fleeing. He was prepared to help the officer and prevent the officer from being injured, and that's pretty significant, I think," the witness said.

The officer, who has not been identified, received minor injuries.

The man taken into custody told the officer and the neighbor that he had shot some people in an apartment, police said.

Investigators entered the apartment and found an adult male in a closet. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have identified him as Joshua Samuel Prago, 43, of Greensboro, a friend of the family.

Jason Rcom and an adult female, identified as Hdingh Nie, age unavailable, also a friend of the family, were taken to Moses Cone Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

Officers have recovered an assault rifle from the apartment that they believe was used in the attack.

Hoanh Rcom was being held in the Guilford County jail without bond.