Cop kills wife and 5 year old son then himself, all were shot in the head !

I agree with you.

When I was a kid, many, many years ago the cop who lived across the street from us killed himself and his wife. He used a shotgun.

I'm sure it was in the local paper but doubt that it was considered "headline news" across the country. That was long before the Internet and when even the media tried not to sensationalize   this kind of tragedy.

Times have changed.