Associated Press
5:01 AM CST, November 11, 2009
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.
Police say a man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend in front of their two children as they waited for a school bus in northern Indiana.
Officers found the man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot a half mile away about 10 minutes after the Tuesday morning attack.
LaPorte County Sheriff Michael Mollenhauer says 30-year-old Tonya Earley was waiting in a car at a rural intersection near Michigan City with her children, ages 8 and 10, and another man when 41-year-old David Streeting arrived.
The sheriff says Streeting shot Earley after she got out of the car as the two argued.
The driver of the school bus with 14 children on board called police upon arriving at the scene within minutes of the shooting.
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You Can't Do That Here! Hollywood's Hottest New Starlets Top 10 Smartest And Dumbest Dog Breeds The Tattooed Ladies of Hollywood Hottest Female Athletes Authorities say a man shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself just outside Michigan City, Ind., according to a broadcast report.
South Bend CBS affiliate WSBT-TV told CBS 2 News that the murder-suicide happened sometime after 10 a.m. The shooting happened at the intersection of the roads 425 West and 1000 North, just East of Michigan City, WSBT reported.
LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan Told WSBT that the man shot his girlfriend in the chest, then shot himself, while the couple's children were nearby. Sullivan said the mother and children might have been waiting for a school bus at the time.
Springfield Elementary School in the LaPorte County town of Trail Creek went on lockdown following the shooting, WSBT reported.
Representatives of the LaPorte County Sheriff's office and the Michigan City Police Department were not immediately available.
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