In a quiet Beaverton, Oregon, apartment complex, a devastating scene unfolded on October 5, 2016, ending the life of 6-year-old Lakalo Vergara Enfield. The young Asian boy, along with his 8-year-old sister, Lehua Elaysea Enfield, were found deceased in what authorities would later describe as a tragic murder-suicide. The Greenway Elementary School students were discovered at the Redwood Apartments after a female relative placed a distressed 911 call.
Responding officers from the
Beaverton Police Department initially entered the apartment and found the two children and their father, 36-year-old Lakalo Kawika Enfield, all appearing to be deceased from gunshot wounds. Following protocol to preserve the scene, the officers withdrew. It was then that a single, final gunshot was heard from within the apartment. The tactical negotiation team re-entered to find that the father had just taken his own life. Investigators concluded that Lakalo Kawika Enfield was the sole suspect in the deaths of his children, having shot and killed them before ultimately killing himself.
The investigation revealed that just a week prior, on September 29, police had responded to a domestic disturbance call at the same residence. The incident was reported as a verbal argument between the father and his wife. At that time, there were no signs of a physical assault, and the father had agreed to leave the home to stay with a relative. The community was left to grapple with the loss of two young lives in the wake of the tragedy, with the Beaverton School District providing additional counselors to support students and staff at Greenway Elementary.
