H.Ş., a police officer working at the Provincial Police Department in the police lodgings in Artûklû, a district of Mardin (Mêrdîn), killed his 31-year-old wife, a nurse, and his 3-year-old son with a gun. The police officer later committed suicide with the same gun.

Upon hearing the gunshots, other police officers living in the lodge entered the house with the help of a locksmith and found three people dead. 112 Emergency Health teams were dispatched to the scene upon notice but could not do anything other than confirm the dead of the three people.

After the examinations, the bodies were taken to the morgue of Mardin Training and Research Hospital by medical teams.