[Wneighbor]

The Chief of Tacoma Police Dept shot his wife and then himself in the parking lot of the pub my brother (and I) hang out at when in Gig Harbor.

I saw that on the news last night. They didn't give the divorce/separation info. I kind of figured though. I've been involved in divorce recovery ministry for a few years. In this, people don't have to be destroyed yet to become insane.

Whole situation is HORRIBLE but the extremity is that the kids witnessed this. Gee I hope there is support somewhere in the family - grandparents, aunts or uncles. Those kids really need people they know and love NOW.

[HairOfTheDog]

Really beyond bizarre that he would do it in front of the kids, and where he would be abandoning them in a mall a parking lot. Shooting himself was not an afterthought, the shots were reportedly only a few seconds apart.

The children are with a set of grandparents, (not sure which 'side'). Unknown whether the mother will recover enough to parent. That she was talking afterwards is hopeful, but the damage from head injuries comes from the swelling later, so who knows.