The citizen surnamed Liu and the villagers near the incident told reporters that the murderer and the victim had a husband-and-wife relationship before, and they suspected that there was a contradiction due to real estate disputes. After that, the woman entrusted a lawyer to take the man to court. Local residents said that on July 19, the man fired more than 30 shots at the woman. After the woman was shot dead, the man rushed to the grave of his old father and shot himself.
Some villagers also said that the murderer was suspected of drug trafficking or drug abuse.
On the morning of the 22nd, Li Zai, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of Wolong District Committee of Nanyang City, told the reporter on the phone that the relevant departments of the Political and Legal Committee of Wolong District Committee confirmed that it did happen, and the incident occurred at 3 am on 19. The murderer is a prisoner released from a reform-through-labour camp. He bought two pistols in Yunnan some time ago. At the time of the incident, the man fired dozens of shots at his wife and then committed suicide in front of his father's grave.
Minister Li said that the public security organs are currently investigating the specific reasons for the man's murder and whether the details reflected by nearby residents are true.