A twist on a GoFundMe

Working from home Monday afternoon, when I suddenly hear a couple of police cars, ambulance, and fire truck flying down my street, followed soon behind by another 6-8 cops, followed by about a dozen plainsclothes officers.

Around the corner from me, a guy walked into his house and shot himself dead. In front of his wife, and the wife's two older sons. He had two younger kids, and they had a young kid together. The younger kids were still in school, the very young kid was at preschool.

Apparently the woman had recently been caught having an affair, and he could not handle it. Earlier that day, he purchased a gun and some ammo, not sure how much. At some point, he posted on facebook that his wife "would have blood on her hands". Drove to the house, argument ensued, he puts gun to head, boom.

Terrible.

Tuesday afternoon, some neighbors start sharing a post for a go fund me account. I guess friends and family have started a go fund me account, and are trying to raise 30K to pay for a funeral, and for the wife and kids to have some support. The page mentions the great friend, husband, etc dying in a tragedy. No mention of how he died.

Obviously this is a sad situation, and I feel bad for the kids left behind without a father. I do find it odd that they would make a public request for 30K. Since yesterday afternoon, they have raised about $1800.

Does this happen often these days?