What on earth went through his head, to hire hit men to murder his own family? For someone to even think of such an evil act, he must be deranged? Just because he felt that he was being disciplined too strictly? If that is reason enough to put him into KILL mode, we would have all the children up in arms against their parents, teachers, coaches, etc.
Oh .. he is not aware of
The five heinous crimes
The five heinous crimes (mtshams-med lnga) are (a) killing our fathers, (b) mothers, or (c) an arhat (a liberated being), (d) with bad intentions drawing blood from a Buddha, or (e) causing a split in the monastic community.