School Cook Shot, Killed In Ohio

A man fatally shot his wife in the parking lot of an elementary school Tuesday and went home and killed himself, police said.

Linda Shoemaker was shot several times by her husband, Frank, about 6:30 a.m. while in her car at Bidwell-Porter Elementary School, where she is a cook, said Gallia County Coroner Dr. Daniel Whiteley.

Classes had not begun at Bidwell-Porter Elementary School and there were no students in the building, said Gallia County Sheriff J.D. Taylor.

The shooting appeared to be the result of a domestic dispute, he said.

Classes at the school in Bidwell - 80 miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio - were canceled after the shooting.

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