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Police: Oak Grove man shoots wife, kills self

By Nick Tabor, New Era Staff Writer

An Oak Grove man shot and killed his wife, an Army soldier, then killed himself early Friday afternoon, police said.

A man who lives at 117 Gale St. called 911 at 2:09 p.m. to request an ambulance. He told the dispatcher he had just shot his wife, and he would stay with her until the ambulance arrived, said Cpl. Vincent Brown, public information officer for the Oak Grove Police Department.

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