By Josh White and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
A Leesburg man entered a Loudoun County home early Tuesday and shot his estranged wife and another man, authorities said, then barricaded himself inside the residence for several hours before taking his own life.
Barry L. Gates, 45, entered his wife's home about 2 a.m. and fired several shots, hitting her and the other man, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday afternoon. Authorities did not identify the victims.
The injured man and woman were taken to hospitals with gunshot wounds, said Sheriff's Office spokesman Kraig Troxell. The man was described as in guarded condition, but Troxell said he and the woman did not appear to have life-threatening injuries.
The incident unfolded in the pre-dawn hours at a house in the 3900 block of Irish Corner Road, a rural part of Loudoun near Lovettsville.
The victims fled to different houses in the neighborhood after being shot, and then sheriff's deputies were called. The gunman locked himself inside the home. A team of negotiators tried to persuade him to surrender, Troxell said.
About 6 a.m., after the man stopped responding to their entreaties, deputies entered the house and found the man dead of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Troxell said.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Leesburg, VA: Leesburg man shoots 2 at wife's home, then himself
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