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ANY DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT HERE ON
NEWS 4 AND ON WIVB-DOT-COM.
ALSO THIS MORNING, WE'RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN
BEHIND A DEADLY DAY LONG DRAMA
IN THE TOWN OF LOCKPORT. NEWS
4'S EMILY GUGGENMOS IS LIVE WITH
THE LATEST.
IN THE INCIDENT THAT REPORTEDLY
SAW A WOMAN SHOT IN THE FACE BY
HER HUSBAND WHO SHOT HIMSELF, IT
MAY HAVE BEEN THEIR THREE YEAR
OLD CHILD WHO HELPED SWAT TEAMS
EVENTUALLY GO INTO THE HOUSE.
((JAMES VOTOUR/NIAGARA COUNTY
SHERIFF: OUR BIGGEST FEAR WAS
THAT WE LOST THE WHOLE FAMILY.))
IT ALL STARTED ABOUT 9:45AM
YESTERDAY WHEN 40 YEAR OLD
LEANNE TUCKER WAS SHOT IN THE
FACE IN HER HOME ON CAMPBELL
BOULEVARD IN LOCKPORT.
((SHERIFF VOUTOUR-"SHE RAN TO
THE ROAD SEEKING HELP. THERE WAS
A SECOND SHOT HEARD THAT SHE
REPORTED.")) SHE SAID SHE WAS
SHOT BY HER HUSBAND 44 YEAR OLD
MORRIS TUCKER, WHO
WAS STILL INSIDE WITH THEIR 3
YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. IT WAS A
STANDOFF FOR HOURS. A SWAT TEAM
USED A P-A SYSTEM TO TRY TO CALL
MORRIS TUCKER TO THE DOOR, AND
THEN TRIED TO GET THE ATTENTION
OF THE LITTLE GIRL.
((SHERIFF VOUTOUR-"'CAUSE WE
SPENT THE WHOLE TIME CALLING OUT
HIS NAME AND ONE OF MY TEAM
MEMBERS ON SWAT HAD THE IDEA
'LET'S CALL HER NAME', AND SURE
ENOUGH, SHE CAME TO THE DOOR AND
WAVED HER OUT AND SHE CAME
RUNNING OUT.")) POLICE GATHERED
ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM HER TO
SEND A ROBOT INTO THE HOME AND
FIND 44 YEAR OLD MORRIS TUCKER
DEAD OF AN APPARENT SELF
INFLICTED GUNSHOT
WOUND. TUCKER WAS NOT A
STRANGER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN
1999 TUCKER PLEADED GUILTY TO
SHOOTING 32-YEAR OLD JENIPHER
BEHM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. BEHM
EVENTUALLY DIED FROM HER WOUND.
TUCKER SERVED SIX YEARS IN
PRISON DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE
AND ANOTHER WITNESS INSISTED IT
WAS AN ACCIDENT.
LEANNE TUCKER REMAINS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING.
SHERIFF VOTOUR IS ENLISTING THE
HELP OF THE A-T-F TO FIND OUT