Idaho Man Is Charged With Murdering 4 Neighbors

An Idaho man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary after breaking into a neighbor’s home and fatally shooting four people, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The man, Majorjon Kaylor, 31, of Kellogg, a city of about 2,300 in the state’s northern Panhandle, was arrested on Sunday evening shortly after the shooting, according to a statement from the Idaho State Police.

Although the authorities did not state a specific motive for the attack, they did say that it had followed a dispute between neighbors. The shooting came days after Mr. Kaylor’s family, who lived in a duplex apartment above the victims, accused one of the victims, Devin Smith, 18, of indecent exposure, according to a state police affidavit.

The Shoshone County dispatch center received a 911 call at about 7:20 p.m. on Sunday indicating that multiple people had been fatally shot inside a residence in the 500 block of West Brown Avenue, the police said. Officers arrested Mr. Kaylor at the scene.

In addition to Mr. Smith, the state police on Tuesday identified the other victims as Kenneth Guardipee, 65; Kenna Guardipee, 41; and Aiken Smith, 16.

Five days before the shooting, Mr. Kaylor’s wife reported seeing Devin Smith fully nude and masturbating in front of her and one of her underage daughters through a window, according to an affidavit signed by Detective Justin Klitch of the state police. The Kellogg Police Department responded and recommended to the Shoshone County prosecutor’s office that Mr. Smith be charged with indecent exposure, Paul Twidt, the police chief, told The Associated Press.

An online court database showed no such charge against Mr. Smith on Tuesday evening, and a call to the local prosecutor’s office was not immediately returned.

After his arrest, Mr. Kaylor told the police that he had confronted Kenneth Guardipee, Devin Smith’s grandfather, and his mother, Kenna Guardipee, because he was “upset they didn’t seem to take his concerns with Devin Smith seriously.”

Mr. Kaylor told investigators that he had then “snapped,” “lost it,” and “did something about it,” according to the affidavit.

Investigators found the bodies of Kenneth and Kenna Guardipee outside, near the rear entrance to their apartment. Devin Smith and Aiken Smith were found dead inside the apartment. All four had been shot in the head, according to the affidavit. A .45 caliber pistol was recovered from the scene.

On Tuesday, a judge ordered that Mr. Kaylor be held without bond at the Shoshone County Jail.

At the court hearing, Benjamin Allen, the Shoshone County prosecutor, said that the crime was committed in a “horrific manner.”

Lisa Chesebro, a lawyer for Mr. Kaylor, declined to comment on the charges on Tuesday. Mr. Kaylor did not enter a plea. Another hearing is set for July 3.

In Idaho, a first-degree murder charge can carry a maximum penalty of death.

“This is a tragic situation that will affect the Kellogg community,” Lt. Paul Berger of the Idaho State Police said in a news release on Monday.