AFP
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A US army captain gunned down his ex-wife, mother-in-law and two other people in a shooting spree during Hurricane Irene before he turned the gun on himself, a justice official told AFP on Monday.
Captain Leonard Egland, who is understood to have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, started his rampage on Saturday evening right in the middle of the storm and ended it after a shootout with SWAT teams shortly before dawn Sunday.
Buckingham County district attorney David Heckler said it appeared that Egland committed a triple homicide in Virginia before crossing state lines and killing his estranged wife’s mother, following a recent child custody row.
The soldier, 37, had been the target of a manhunt after the shooting deaths of his 36-year-old former wife, her boyfriend and her boyfriend’s son at a house in Chesterfield, Virginia, as Irene swept up the east coast.
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Whether he was a serviceman or not, some spouses snap when they find out they are being cheated on. It could have been your plumber neighbor from next door…..next important article….
reconscoutsniper Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 8:30 am
Roger that. Infidelity has a price.
Bravo2………out
Agree, cheating comes at a cost. Some people have integrity and others do not. Unfortunately you cannot really know until they cheat.