Father Shoots Five Children, Killing Four

A man shot his five children, killing four, then tried to set their home on fire in a small Navajo Reservation community, police said Monday.

The shootings took place late Sunday in the town of Dennehotso in northeastern Arizona near the Utah border. The surviving child, an 11-year-old boy, was in critical condition.

Norman Yazzie, 33, was arrested on charges of four counts of murder and one of attempted murder, FBI spokesman Jack Callahan said from Phoenix.

The children, ages 7 to 15, had been shot more than once with a .22-caliber rifle, possibly in bed or while watching television, police said.

Police said the children’s mother was visiting in New Mexico at the time of the attack.