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Police: man who fired at them then killed himself

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:10:35 -0400

MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Police in Memphis say a man fired at officers and then killed himself with a shotgun.

Medical examiner: death of ex-officer was suicide

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:53:43 -0400

DANBURY, Connecticut - The chief medical examiner's office says a former New Milford officer convicted of an on-duty killing committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Sheriff: NY man kills self as deputies arrive

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:06:25 -0400

CLIFTON PARK, New York - The Saratoga County Sheriff's Department says a 41-year-old man killed himself when deputies arrived at his house to arrest him on burglary charges.

NY girl, 12, kills herself; cites cyber bullying

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:05 -0400

NEW YORK - Police say a 12-year-old girl who was found hanged left a suicide note that spoke of being bullied online.

Wife of man shot by UT police say he was suicidal

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:50:39 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - The wife of a Utah man who was shot by police says he was suicidal when he entered a suburban Salt Lake City police station and pointed a gun at an officer and a clerk.

Upstate NY man pleads guilty in wife's suicide

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:49:06 -0400

QUEENSBURY, New York - An upstate New York man who bought the shotgun his wife used to commit suicide has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge.

US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:07:15 -0400

SINGAPORE - The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-state Thursday before the end of a coroner's inquest, saying they had lost faith in the process. Their lawyer said they would push for a U.S. congressional investigation.

Burt Bacharach opens up on daughter's suicide

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:32:39 -0400

NEW YORK - Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional - not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest would force him to come to terms with the death of his daughter.

Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:52:09 -0400

PARIS - Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.

Correction: Missing Mom-Utah story

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:18:45 -0400

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 5, 2012.

Israel gunman shoots 4 dead at bank, kills self

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:35:12 -0400

JERUSALEM - A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said.

Temecula couple dead in apparent murder-suicide

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:28:48 -0400

TEMECULA, California - Authorities say a Temecula man who apparently shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself has died.

Jailed suspect in Texas double slaying kills self

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:41:14 -0400

SPICEWOOD, Texas - A suspect in a Central Texas double slaying has died after apparently hanging himself in his jail cell.

Police ID pair involved in Vegas murder-suicide

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:33:03 -0400

LAS VEGAS - Authorities have identified a pair involved in a Las Vegas murder-suicide as a Henderson man and a Las Vegas woman.

Las Vegas murder-suicide under investigation

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:38:17 -0400

LAS VEGAS - Police say they're investigating the deaths of a man and woman at a Las Vegas apartment complex as a murder-suicide.

Prosecutor: NJ couple's deaths a murder-suicide

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:57:16 -0400

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey - The fatal shooting of a couple in a northern New Jersey park has been determined to be a murder-suicide.

Man shoots himself in head at Paris school

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:48:22 -0400

PARIS - A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said.

Coroner's jury finds inmate death was suicide

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:12:25 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - A Yellowstone County coroner's jury has determined a jail inmate who was found hanging in his cell in January committed suicide and there was no criminal involvement.

Billings man charged with stabbing girlfriend

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:10:09 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - A 20-year-old Billings man is charged with two counts of assault with a weapon after his girlfriend was stabbed in what prosecutors called a one-sided suicide pact.

Ohio couple in murder-suicide had problems before

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:05:07 -0400

OREVILLE, Ohio - Authorities say a southeast Ohio married couple who died in an apparent murder-suicide last weekend weren't strangers to sheriff's deputies in their rural county.

Prison agency says ISCI inmate killed himself

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:44 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Department of Correction says it's investigating an inmate's apparent suicide at Idaho State Correctional Institution south of Boise.

Bangor officer saves despondent man

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:58:23 -0400

BANGOR, Maine - A Bangor police officer is being credited with saving the life of a despondent man threatening to jump off a bridge.

NC man shoots father, brother before killing self

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:50:04 -0400

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina - Authorities say a North Carolina man opened fire on his father and brother, seriously injuring them before he committed suicide.

Police: Pa. man shoots wife 25 times, kills self

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:32:46 -0400

PITTSBURGH - A man with a history of threatening his estranged wife surprised her in his mother's home on Friday and shot her at least 25 times before he killed himself, police said.

Arizona death row inmate is apparent suicide

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:34:55 -0400

PHOENIX - An Arizona death row inmate who murdered his wife and young daughter nearly 27 years ago died Friday in what the Department of Corrections called an apparent suicide.