Friday, June 15, 2012

Police say breakup led New York doctor to kill girlfriend, self - @AP

Dr. Timothy Jorden, shown in this undated photo,

Photo credit: AP | Dr. Timothy Jorden, shown in this undated photo, is sought as a "person of interest" in a fatal shooting of a woman at a Buffalo hospital. (June 14, 2012)

A former Army weapons expert wanted for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend killed himself with a gunshot to the head, quelling the risk of more bloodshed and silencing perhaps the only voice that might have answered the central question: Was a break-up enough to cause a gifted trauma surgeon widely beloved as a lifesaver to end two lives in a spasm of violence?

After a two-day nationwide manhunt,...

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