Friday, December 24, 2010

Lake Charles, LA: Lake Charles husband who apparently shot wife then self, dies

Posted: Dec 22, 2010 10:05 AM EST
Updated: Dec 23, 2010 5:10 PM EST

UPDATE: Gurfy Jospeh Leger who shot and murdered his wife, then turned the gun on himself has died. An autopsy will be conducted.

Investigators say they believe a Lake Charles man shot his wife then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday night.

Patrol Commander James McGee with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, tells 12NewsNow.Com dispatchers received a call around 6 p.m. about a man threatening his wife at a home in the 3700 block of Heard Road. When deputies arrived they found the body of Ethel Leger, 82, who had died from a gunshot. Her husband, Gurfy Joseph Leger, 85, was beading from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Christus Hospital St. Patrick's in Lake Charles.

Deputy McGee says the shooting remains under investigation.

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