A Michigan father who was allegedly "stressed" over a sentencing for an indecent exposure incident decided to kill his 17-year-old son and shoot two of his other children the morning of the court proceeding before trying to take his own life, cops say.

Jeffrey Smerer, 44, survived the Sept. 11 murder-suicide attempt after plotting for a week about carrying it out, police officials alleged Tuesday during a preliminary examination.

Smerer allegedly sliced his wrist open and took "multiple forms of medication" that he had stashed in the family's master bedroom, but was able to stay alive. The suicide attempt came after Smerer shot his 17-year-old son, Kayleb Smerer — who died — and two of the boy's siblings, 13-year-old Bentley Smerer and 12-year-old Kinzley Smerer, who suffered critical in

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