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Man kills estranged wife, then shoots himself

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CARROLLTON - A man ran down his estranged wife&#39;s vehicle in a truck, shot her to death in front of her 10-year-old son, then killed himself with a gunshot to the head, police said. <br> <br> Donald Ray Cole, 39, shot Cynthia L. Cole, 33, four times shortly after she had picked up the boy from an afterschool program Wednesday, Carroll County sheriff`s Chief Deputy Brad Robinson. <br> <br> ``It is apparent from the scene that the truck veered off into her path, causing her to slow down,&#39;&#39; Robinson said. `She tried to go around his vehicle and he backed up, hitting her car.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Armed with a 9mm handgun, Cole fired into her car, hitting her in the head, left arm and side. Her son jumped from the car and ran to a passing motorist. Cole then shot himself in the head. <br> <br> Mrs. Cole had filed a family violence report Sept. 11, alleging that Cole threatened her. The boy was her son from a previous marriage.
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