Most family annihilator(灭门者，灭绝者)s are men. It’s a grim fact that such incidents are common enough to have a discernible(可识别的，可辨别的) pattern. The massacre is carried out by a husband and father, often one who is on the verge of(濒临，即将) bankruptcy or divorce; typically, it forms the finale(终曲，结尾) of a long reign of(长期的统治) domestic violence terror.
大多数灭门案凶手是男性。这是一个严峻的事实：此类事件屡见不鲜，足以呈现出可辨识的模式。屠杀由丈夫和父亲实施，他们往往濒临破产或离婚；通常，这是长期家庭暴力恐怖统治的终章。
About half the time, the perpetrator(犯罪者，行凶者) kills himself after slaughter(屠杀，杀戮)ing his family. Gun use is common – a large number of what are termed “mass shootings” in the United States are in fact(事实上，实际上) family annihilation killings, in which a man turns his weapon on(将武器对准) his family members. Other times, the killer uses knives, or fires.
大约一半的情况下，凶手在屠杀家人后自杀。用枪很常见——美国所谓的“大规模枪击”中有很大一部分实际上是家庭灭门杀戮，即一名男子将武器对准家人。其他时候，凶手使用刀具或纵火。
This kind of killing does not always make the news(成为新闻，被报道). When it does, news organizations often run(刊登，发表) family photos, in which the killer smiles on a beach or beside the Grand Canyon with his arm around the wife and children he will later shoot or strangle(勒死，扼死).
这类杀戮并不总是上新闻。当它被报道时，新闻机构常常刊登家庭照片，照片中凶手在海滩或大峡谷旁微笑，搂着他日后将枪杀或勒死的妻子和孩子。