Military, Counselor and Police Were in Contact with National Guardsman Before Murder-Suicide

Update to Murder-suicide shocks neighborhood of National Guardsman

Military, Police Had Contact With Shooter Before Bristol Murder-Suicide
A husband and wife were found dead Wednesday morning from gunshot wounds at a home on Henderson Street, police said. Alexander, 26, and Kyla Ryng, 27, died in what police say was a murder-suicide. The couple had three young children, police said.
The Hartford Courant
By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY
June 06, 2014

BRISTOL — Days before a Connecticut Guardsman killed his wife and himself, his military counselor was so concerned about his demeanor during a phone conversation she called the police, a Guard spokesman said Friday.

City police visited the Henderson Street home of 1st Lt. Alexander Ryng on May 31 — for the second time that day — but police said there was no reason to take any action.

On June 4, Ryng fatally shot his wife, Kyla, then turned the gun on himself, leaving two of their three young children running next door to their grandmother's house for help.

Officers first visited the house the morning of Saturday, May 31, and talked with Kyla, who said her husband's brother, Skyler Ryng, had come into the house uninvited and grabbed her arm. Skyler Ryng, 28, had accused her of cheating on his younger brother, according to a warrant. Skyler later was charged with burglary and breach of peace.

Police returned to the house that afternoon after receiving the call from the behavioral counselor, who works for the Connecticut Army National Guard.

Col. John T. Wiltse, the Guard's director of public affairs, said the counselor asked police for a welfare check after talking with both Kyla and her husband on the phone. The counselor had called Alex Ryng to find out why he had not shown up for a counseling appointment that afternoon.
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