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MARTELL, Calif. (KCRA) —
An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer is suspected of shooting two people, including his wife, before turning the gun on himself at a Martell nutrition store late Monday night, the Amador County Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies were called to Get Ripped Nutrition on Prospect Drive just before 10:45 p.m. The caller said he was inside the business with a woman and her husband was banging on the door trying to get in. The caller also said the husband was a CHP officer.
A deputy responded to the scene 11 minutes later and heard gunshots. The arriving officer found two people dead and a third person walking around with a gunshot injury to his shoulder. The 44-year-old man who survived was the owner of the store and the one who had called 911.
Witnesses told detectives that the husband, off-duty CHP Officer Brad Wheat, 45, fired a gun at the store window in order to get inside, the Sheriff's Office said. Once inside, there was a struggle between Wheat, his wife, Mary Wheat, and the store's owner.
Off-duty CHP officer kills wife, shoots man, Amador County Sheriff’s Office says
An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer is suspected of shooting two people, including his wife, before turning the gun on himself at a Martell nutrition store late Monday night, the Amador County Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies were called to Get Ripped Nutrition on Prospect Drive just before 10:45 p.m. The caller said he was inside the business with a woman and her husband was banging on the door trying to get in. The caller also said the husband was a CHP officer.
A deputy responded to the scene 11 minutes later and heard gunshots. The arriving officer found two people dead and a third person walking around with a gunshot injury to his shoulder. The 44-year-old man who survived was the owner of the store and the one who had called 911.
Witnesses told detectives that the husband, off-duty CHP Officer Brad Wheat, 45, fired a gun at the store window in order to get inside, the Sheriff's Office said. Once inside, there was a struggle between Wheat, his wife, Mary Wheat, and the store's owner.
Off-duty CHP officer kills wife, shoots man, Amador County Sheriff’s Office says
