Distraught Father Pedro Enrique Rosabal Shoots His Children and Himself, but He Lives

Original story (without father's name) here http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1953022.html

A father was suspected of shooting and killing his two children on Tuesday and then turning the gun on himself in an apparent attempted suicide, police said.

Police had been looking for the 8-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother after their mother reported to authorities that "her estranged husband had called saying he had picked the kids up from the school and planned to drive them to an unknown location and kill them," spokesman John Cannon said.

A short time later, officers were called to an apartment complex in southwest Houston after a resident and a maintenance worker became concerned when they saw two children and a man in a car with its engine on...

Matthew Morris Kills His Wife, Who Had Been Hiding from Him, and Himself

For the second time in less than a month, Henderson County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an apparent murder suicide where a estranged wife was killed by her husband.

Sheriff Ray Nutt said deputies were dispatched to 11276 Loop 60 in LaRue in reference to a shooting about 4:30 p.m. Monday.

“When they got there they found a female victim who had been shot and witnesses said a white male had run into the woods armed with a rifle and a handgun,” he said...

“They have been having some family issues and had been separated. We don’t know why she came back to the area, but we do know that Anderson County has been looking for him to serve him with a protective order,” he said....

The couple had been having marital problems and were separated...

**Blog author note: Second story this morning in which the victim was trying to leave**

There was Talk of Divorce, but Marc McRae Went Ahead and Killed His Wife Instead, and Himself

Authorities say the couple had been having family problems and there was talk of a divorce. But, when deputies arrived at a small camper Sunday afternoon they found the couple dead of an apparent murder-suicide.

Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt said his deputies responded to a location on County Road 4712 8 a.m. Sunday morning where they found the bodies of 50-year-old Marc McRae and his estranged wife, 46-year-old Lori McRae...


**Blog author note: After separation, violence often increases.**

South Jersey Woman and Husband Dead in Murder Suicide

An Egg Harbor Township woman was killed on Thursday morning by her husband -- who then killed himself. Atlantic County authorities say Patrice Clemente, a mother of four, was shot and killed by her husband, Ron Clemente.

The shootings took place inside the Mays Landing veterinary clinic where Patrice Clemente worked. Co-workers said she had told them her husband had threatened to kill her, but Clemente did not contact police about the threats...

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Man Kills Wife, Self Inside N.J. Vet Clinic

Atlantic County investigators said a man fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself inside a Mays Landing veterinary clinic Thursday.

The shooting happened at about 10 a.m. Thursday at the All Paws Veterinary Clinic on Central Avenue.

According to police, Patrice Clemente was killed by her soon-to-be estranged husband Ron Clemente.

Clinic employees say Ron Clemente walked into the building with a gun and shot Patrice, who was working at the front desk. Ron Clemente then turned the gun on himself...

Heights man charged with murder of wife

Charges were filed Wednesday against 54-year-old Michael Allen Miller, a Dearborn Heights resident accused of shooting and killing his 34-year-old wife in front of their teenage son while preparing for target practice on Nov. 22.

Accord-ing to police, Miller claimed the .45-caliber pistol went off after he removed the clip. It fired a bullet straight into his wife's chest inside the couple's home on Powers, north of Van Born Road.

The victim was transported to Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, where she was pronounced dead. Her husband claimed the shooting was an accident, but Detective Sgt. James Serwatowski said investigators didn't buy it...