TALTY, Texas — A Talty man shot and killed himself Monday night in Temple, Texas, after allegedly shooting a woman, who was later identified as his wife, at Fort Worth’s Ridgmar Mall earlier in the day.
TALTY, Texas — A Talty man shot and killed himself Monday night in Temple, Texas, after allegedly shooting a woman, who was later identified as his wife, at Fort Worth’s Ridgmar Mall earlier in the day.
The man, identified by police as 45-year-old David Bailey, was involved in a standoff with police just two months ago at his Talty-area home.
The Fort Worth Police Department says 43-year-old Leslie Bailey was shot multiple times while parked outside the Ridgmar Mall on Monday around 5:30 p.m. She was taken to Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth where she later died, according to Fort Worth Police Department spokesperson Bradley Perez said.
Perez described the shooting as a case of domestic violence and said the woman may have known her attacker, according to media reports immediately following the shooting.
The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office briefly assisted in the investigation on Monday when deputies checked Bailey’s residence in the 8000 block of Cleaver Lane which is located in Talty, Texas, with a Terrell address.
Just after 9 p.m., police located a vehicle believed to be driven by David Bailey and attempted a traffic stop on Interstate 35. He fled and allegedly shot himself as he came upon slowed traffic in a construction zone. He was pronounced deceased on scene.
On February 28, 2017, police were involved in an hours-long standoff with David Bailey at his residence on Cleaver Lane. Police had responded to the home in reference to a welfare check. The standoff ended peacefully and Bailey was taken for a mental health evaluation.
Police, at the time of the standoff, said they had responded to multiple domestic-related calls at the residence.
Bailey and his wife were undergoing divorce proceedings in Kaufman County and he was jailed on April 9, 2017, for violating a protective order. He was released the next day on a $3,500 bond.
On Tuesday, Kaufman County 86th District Court Judge Casey Blair said there will be new guidelines for protective orders in domestic violence cases in his court which will include a "strict firearms policy."
"Protective orders are not always enough, but simply retroactive," he said, in part. "We must do more to protect the victims before it results in further violence."
