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Man killed ex, found shot dead on levee Sunday

7 years 3 months 1 week ago Sunday, December 18 2016 Dec 18, 2016 December 18, 2016 10:47 PM December 18, 2016 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE – A woman was murdered by her ex-boyrfriend who then shot and killed himself miles away Saturday.

Tangela Detiege, 33, was shot and killed on Catalina Drive in Baton Rouge.  The shooting happened at her home around 7 p.m.

The gunman, Matthew Thornton, was found dead hours later.  Thornton shot himself in a car on the levee at River Road near Ben Hur.  LSU Police found the vehicle around 6 a.m. Sunday.

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