Finlay MacDonald, 41, is accused of a shooting spree on August 10, 2022, in which he allegedly murdered his brother-in-law John MacKinnon, after allegedly repeatedly discharging a shotgun at him, in the village of Teangue on the island’s Sleat peninsula. He is also accused attempting to murder his wife by repeatedly stabbing her on the same day in the village of Tarskavaig, on the same peninsula.