NewsMarch 31, 2014
No charges expected in Springfield hospital shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield authorities say no charges are expected from a hospital shooting last year that left one man dead and his wife wounded. A police report says 69-year-old Booker Cox died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. He was hospitalized for renal failure. His 70-year-old wife was also shot but survived. The report says the shooting was a failed double-suicide...
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield authorities say no charges are expected from a hospital shooting last year that left one man dead and his wife wounded.
A police report says 69-year-old Booker Cox died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. He was hospitalized for renal failure. His 70-year-old wife was also shot but survived. The report says the shooting was a failed double-suicide.
The Springfield News-Leader reported the police documents, obtained through a Sunshine request, give the first detailed accounting of the Nov. 30 shooting. The report says a note at the scene indicated the couple, together for 50 years, decided to commit suicide and that no one will be charged.
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The police report says Cox's wife told officers and hospital staff that she shot herself, and Booker Cox shot himself.
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Information from: Springfield News-Leader, http://www.news-leader.com
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