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A murder–suicide is an act where an individual intentionally kills one or more people before or while also killing themselves. The combination of murder and suicide can take various forms:Suicide after or during murder inflicted on others Suicide after murder to escape criminal punishment(s) Suicide after murder as a form of self-punishment due to guilt Murder that entails suicide, such as suicide bombing Suicide by pilot, or the deliberate crash of a vehicle carrying the perpetrator and others Murder of an officer or bystander during the act of suicide by cop Suicide before or after murder by proxy Murder linked with a person with suicidal ideation Joint suicide in the form of killing the other with consent, and then killing oneself