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Sedalia man shoots wife then turns the gun on himself
Posted: 04.18.2012 at 3:51 AM
Meghan Lane

Meghan is a Live at Sunrise anchor.

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SEDALIA -- A Mid-Missouri couple is in critical condition after an overnight shooting.

At about 11 p.m. Tuesday night the Sedalia Police Department got several calls for shots fired in the 1600-block of South Carr in Sedalia.

Police said Harry James Young, 39, drove past his estranged wife, Kellie Young, 24, who was sitting in her car on South Carr with a man and two small children.

That's when young turned around and drove back to where she was, got out of his car and shot Kellie in her arm and torso.

Witnesses told police Young also tried shooting the man in the passenger seat but he was able to run away, neither child was injured.

After young left the scene he was stopped by a Sedalia police officer.

As the officer was giving him commands, young shot himself in the head.

Both harry young and his estranged wife, Kellie Young were taken by staff for life to University Hospital in Columbia and are listed in critical condition.

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