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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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At Fort Worden, Wash., Army Sgt. William G. Henninger fatally shot his wife three times in the chest and then himself in the head, in an incident attributed to domestic troubles, according to post authorities.
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FORT WORDEN, Wash. (AP) -
An army sergeant pumped three pistol shots into the chest of his wife and then shot himself in the head late yesterday near the Fort Worden non-commissioned officers club, post authorities said.
The deaths were described by Lt. Col. James C. Harper, executive officer, as a "slaying and suicide."
The victims were Sgt. and Mrs. William G. Henninger.
Colonel Harper blamed the shootings on domestic troubles and said it occurred shortly after the couple had left the club where they had spent most of the afternoon.
Henninger, 34, was stationed here regularly but had recently been on temporary duty as fire chief at nearby Fort Casey. His wife, the step-daughter of M/Sgt. John N. Clark of Fort Worden, had been living in Port Townsend with her three children by a former husband.
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Fort Worden, Wash.
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Late Yesterday
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the wife was shot three times in the chest and the sergeant shot himself in the head, resulting in both deaths described as a slaying and suicide.
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An army sergeant pumped three pistol shots into the chest of his wife and then shot himself in the head near the Fort Worden non-commissioned officers club shortly after leaving the club where they had spent most of the afternoon, due to domestic troubles.