GR murder-suicide stuns gunman's family

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Family members identified those involved in a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of three people.

Marvin Lockridge, 27, and Quiana Long, 31, received services at Arbor Circle's northeast Grand Rapids counseling offices Monday morning, but something went terribly wrong when they got into their van to leave.

While seated in the back seat, Lockridge shot Long and her 21-year-old sister, Chelsea Magoon, killing them both as the van was still parked in Arbor Circle's parking lot on Ball Avenue near Leonard Street NE. Long was in the driver's seat and Magoon was in the front passenger's seat.

Police say Lockridge then shot himself and died after being rushed to a hospital by an ambulance.

The Grand Rapids Police Department confirmed the names on Tuesday in a news release, and that autopsy reports show all three Grand Rapids residents each died from a single gunshot to the head.

"It's very traumatic for everybody," said Jack Greenfield, the president of Arbor Circle. "The staff are very concerned, of course."

Lockridge had just picked up laundry from his mother's house and seemed fine before the shooting, family members said.

"No indication of any problems," said Annie Young, Lockridge's sister-in-law. "Nobody knew anything. Nobody saw this coming."

Family members said they did not know that the couple, who had a 2-year-old son together named Mika, had sought counseling. Lockridge and Long had been together for several years, Young said.

Before knowing who was involved in the situation at the counseling center, Young said she and other family members saw the news about the murder-suicide on the Internet and were shocked to hear about it in light of other recent tragedies in West Michigan and around the country.

"We thought, 'What in the world is going on?' We never realized it was going to hit this close to home," she said. "You just don't."

Long's younger sister, Trisha Long, said the couple were having some issues but she never could have expected what happened.

"They were trying," Trisha said of the couple. "They were two totally different people trying to be one."

Lockridge has a criminal past that includes a charge for illegally carrying a concealed weapon in 2009 and aggravated domestic violence in 2004.

Court records show Lockridge was arrested at a Plainfield Avenue store that investigators suspect he was planning to rob. After the store's clerk became suspicious and called 911, police responded and found Lockridge armed with a .357 caliber revolver reportedly stolen from Kalamazoo.

Family members say the 2004 domestic violence conviction involved Lockridge's previous wife before that couple were divorced.

Lockridge was a quiet person who kept to himself, Trisha said.

"I don't have anything bad to say about him," she said, "except he should have just took himself and not my sisters."

"I'm just angry at him. If it was that bad, you walk away," Trisha added.

Both Lockridge and Long have children from other relationships as well.

"How do you tell these babies this?" Young said.

Chelsea, who recently graduated with a pharmaceutical degree, was looking to launch her career, Trisha said.

Investigators have not said what may have prompted Lockridge to snap, and may never know because the incident happened inside of the van leaving no survivors.

"I still don't even know the full story. All I know is that my sisters are gone," Trisha said. "They were amazing, smart, very educated women."

"All these deaths. It's like this is unbelievable," Young said referencing the several violent deaths that have been reported locally during the past few days. She hopes others struggling with relationships in their lives are learning from the tragedy her family is enduring.

"Don't stop asking for help," Young said. "Keep talking and keep asking for help."