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MURDER-SUICIDE: Owasso police release details

OK: WOMAN KILLED BY HUSBAND AFTER SOCIAL POST

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    OWASSO, Oklahoma (KJRH) — Investigators with the Owasso Police Department say Jeremiah Shawn Duffey shot and killed his wife, Sara, before killing himself the evening of July 23.

Owasso police responded to a domestic violence call from Sara, after dispatchers heard a gunshot on the call. They said the caller stopped responding after the shot.

A second 911 call then came in from Sara’s son, who called from a neighbor’s home after he witnessed the shooting. Police found two people dead inside the home.

Sara filed a protective order against Shawn last month, in the paperwork she alleged he got caught kissing a child on one of the basketball teams that he coaches. The protective order claims after being confronted, Shawn threatened suicide and went on the run. She’d filed two previous protective orders against him in 2021, one for abuse and one for stalking.

The parent of that student contacted Owasso police on June 9. She said Duffey inappropriately touched her child.

Owasso police released more details about this investigation on July 25th.

They got a call from the mother around 8 p.m. on June 9th. The mother said that evening while at basketball practice for a competitive traveling team another coach witnessed Shawn Duffey inappropriately touch a child on the team. Duffey also coached the team.

The mother reported similar conduct by this coach towards her daughter over an extended period of time, in multiple law enforcement jurisdictions, across multiple states prior to this incident.

When the other coach witnessed the incident he stopped it and called the child’s mother. Police said Duffey took off and didn’t see him again after the incident.

Since Duffy was Osage the incident is federal jurisdiction, Owasso police turned their report over to the investigating agency.

The child’s mother also filed a protective order against Shawn, claiming he gave her daughter to stay quiet about inappropriate messages and actions.

Neighbors in Owasso are stunned.

“Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate,” said Brittany Fisher. “It does not pick you because you have a nice home, socially or economically, it does not matter.”

2 News Oklahoma previously interviewed Shawn and Sara following a story involving embezzlement at a nearby school.

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2 beloved Maryland Assateague wild horses killed by vehicles, prompting calls for safety enforcement

Click here for updates on this story    BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Three horses have been struck by vehicles on Assateague Island this summer; two of them have died, including a beloved mare last week. Advocates are demanding action to protect the wild ponies and slow down drivers. The filly Miracle was struck by a car in July and survived. Dune Dancer Jolt was killed earlier this month, less than two weeks before the death of Susi Solé.Remembering "Queen Susi" Assateague Island is one of Maryland's treasures and is famous for the wild horses who call it home.The summer season has drawn an influx of visitors—and with them, tragedy. A driver struck and killed beloved mare Susi Solé on Bayberry Drive last Thursday evening. She was one of two horses killed by vehicles in less than two weeks."Susi was my heart, so it's been a rough couple of days for myself and a lot of the regulars," said Tina Becker. Becker started coming to Assateague Island almost a decade ago. She calls Susi her very favorite.She is heartbroken over the tragedy and says more must be done to protect these wild creatures.Becker wore a diamond crown pin on her shirt to remember the "queen" that was Suze Solé. She called her the "heart and soul" of Assateague. "Susi took care of her own with passion, and she is going to be missed. This island will never be the same," Becker told WJZ. "She was one of the island's matriarchs and royalty."Susi gave birth in late April. Her colt is now being cared for to ensure his survival. Video obtained by WJZ showed him being transported off the island into the care of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company.The fire company posted on Facebook, "From first indications, he is eating and drinking very well; he talks to a few of our buyback mares and foals through the fence but is not panicking or calling out, which is a great prognosis for his survival. He is very weanable for a wild pony foal at his age and should have zero problems adjusting to life on his own."Chincoteague Fire Company announced they have decided to raise the foal and named him "Wesley Bloxom Stallion" after one of their Saltwater Cowboys who performed numerous relocations of ponies from the Maryland side. "If you only knew Susi, she was the best mom on the island. She loved her children. She kept her children very close to her. She was one of the only mothers who allowed her children to stay with her," Becker said. Slowing down traffic Savannah Miller's petition on change.org has garnered almost two thousand signatures and calls for the speed limit to be reduced on Assateague to 15 mph from 25 mph. Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.
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