Manhunt for Ryan Hanafin after mother found shot dead in Reading, Massachusetts

Mixed · 2Massachusetts police are searching for Ryan Hanafin, 22, after his mother, Andria Hanafin, 49, was found dead of a gunshot wound in the kitchen of the family home on Center Avenue in Reading early on Thursday 8 October. 1 2 Mixed · 2Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Reading police received a 911 call at about 12:38 a.m. from the victim's husband, Matthew Hanafin, 48, who had returned home and found his wife's body. 1 2 Mixed · 2The couple's 13-year-old son was in the house and unharmed; Hindustan Times reports that the couple also have a daughter who was away at college. 1 2

Mixed · 2The younger son told police he was out with friends until about 9 p.m. and went straight to his bedroom without seeing his mother, according to the DA as reported by Fox News; Hindustan Times says investigators reported he last saw her alive at around 5 p.m. 1 2 Mixed · 2Ryan Hanafin, the couple's older son, was not at home when police arrived and is being treated as a person of interest; Matthew Hanafin told investigators he had not spoken with him since Wednesday morning. 1 2 Right · 1Police are looking for a black 2010 Dodge Charger with Massachusetts plate 2PSY15, and the only released photo shows a man of about 5 feet 10 inches with shoulder-length blonde hair, a mustache and glasses. 1

Right · 1Reading Police Chief David J. Clark said Ryan Hanafin should be considered "potentially armed and dangerous" and urged the public not to approach but to call 911. 1 Mixed · 2According to the DA, as reported by Hindustan Times, Ryan Hanafin legally owns several guns and held a license to carry, which Reading police suspended on Thursday morning; the DA said there is no known history of mental health issues and, per Fox News, no significant history of police calls to the home. 2 1 Mixed · 2Both outlets describe the story as developing, and no arrest or charge has been reported. 1 2