Whittman man accused of shooting family in home
Virgil Togstad, III, a 26-year-old man from Whitmann is suspected of shooting his parents and younger brother Monday night.
Sheriff's deputies responded to a call that a man was killing his family about 7 p.m. Monday evening. Sheriff's spokeswoman Lindsey Smith said that when deputies arrived, they found a man walking outside with a gun but he surrendered peacefully. The deputies found three bodies: one inside the home, one near the doorway and another on the lawn.
Togstad, who has a lengthy criminal history, was booked on three counts of first-degree murder and has two outstanding warrants.
