Mo. officials: Ex-deputy shot ex-wife, her boyfriend

Sunday, December 11, 2011 | 6:41 p.m. CST

JEFFERSON CITY — A former rural Missouri sheriff's deputy is suspected of killing his ex-wife and her new boyfriend before leading officers on a high-speed chase that ended with a shootout at an upscale hotel hosting a Christmas party for hundreds of doctors, nurses and their families, authorities said Sunday.

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