Curtis Brandon Carter Kills His Girlfriend and Himself with a High-Powered Rifle

Police believe a 26-year-old man shot and killed his live-in girlfriend Sunday night before taking his own life with a high-powered rifle.

Chief Tim Schweder of the Monett Police Department said in a news release that officers were called at 9:45 p.m. Sunday to 805 N. Euclid St. in reference to a domestic disturbance. A female friend of the couple who lived at the address met officers outside the home...

CBP port director confesses to Mission wife's murder

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection port director has confessed shooting his wife to death, police said Wednesday morning.

Joseph Mongiello III, 48, called emergency responders at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday after a domestic disturbance at his home at 2015 Fair Oaks Drive, police said.

When officers arrived, they found Mongiello's wife, 45-year-old Lindsay Tall, wounded several times on the upper part of her chest, said Martin Garza, assistant chief of the Mission Police Department. Justice of the Peace Luis Garza later pronounced her dead at the scene...