Police say NC man killed wife, attempted suicide

WHITAKERS, NC (AP) — Police say a 63-year-old Statonsburg man
forced his way into a home where his estranged wife was staying,
shot and killed her, wounded two other people and tried to commit
suicide.

Whitakers Police Chief C.D. Wagstaff told WRAL-TV in Raleigh
that James Radford was in critical condition at Pitt Memorial
Hospital on Sunday.

His estranged wife, 51-year-old Teresa Radford was shot and
killed Saturday. The friend she was staying with, Martha Worrell,
was shot and wounded.

Shelton Whitaker was sitting in a car outside the home when he
was shot at. The bullet missed, but Whitaker was injured by
shattered glass.

Wagstaff said the Radfords were separated and Teresa Radford had
taken a restraining order out against her husband. She had been
staying with Worrell for about six weeks.

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