Man Kills Estranged Wife, Small Children
From Times Wire Reports
A man burst into a trailer home and shot to death his two children, his estranged wife and her boyfriend before killing himself along a road in Loogootee, police said.
Arthur Lee Smith, 36, entered the home his estranged wife shared with her boyfriend and shot both of them in the head, police said, then entered a bedroom and shot the two children, 4 and 5.
Minutes after a neighbor reported the gunfire to police, an officer confronted Smith, who was walking along a roadway. Smith then shot himself.
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