AMARILLO, Tex. (AP) A man shot and killed his estranged wife and a customer in the bar she operated and then shot himself to death late Sunday, Amarillo police said.
Dead following the shooting were Woodrow Wilson Tucker, 60, his estranged wife, Isabell Tucker, 45, and Gary Hinder, 31, all of Amarillo.
Officers said Mrs. Tucker and Hinder were seated at a table in Isabell's Lounge discussing a pool tournament when Tucker walked in. Witnesses told police Mrs. Tucker ran behind a counter and attempted to leave through a side door when Tucker opened fire, striking her twice.
As customers began to hide behind pool tables and tables, Hinder stood up, witnesses said. He was shot in the head. "No, Woody, no," a witness quoted Hinder as shouting as he was shot.
Witnesses said Tucker then went behind the counter and fired another shot at his estranged wife.
"Everybody out, I'm going to blow my head off," witnesses quoted Tucker as saying as he stood beside a pool table, reloading his .38 caliber revolver. The last customer said he heard a gunshot as he ran through the door.
Customers fled outside and someone pulled a fire alarm in an attempt to notify police. Officers arrived, surrounded the place and summoned the Amarillo SWAT team. Officers fired several tear gas cartridges into the lounge. When they went in, they found Tucker's body near the door and the bodies of Mrs. Tucker and Hinder.
A friend of the Tucker couple said Mrs. Tucker and her husband were separated and indicated she planned to file for divorce soon.
Justice of the peace Cliff Roberts ordered an autopsy.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, September 12, 1977)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Isabell Tucker
Death Date: 11 Sep 1977
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Isabell Biasana Tucker
[Isabell Biasana Biasana]
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1932
Birth Place: New Mexico
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Father: Juan Biasana
Mother: Lola Cordova
Age at Death: 45
Death Date: 11 Sep 1977
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Isabelle Viasana
[Isabell Gallegos]
[Isabell Tucker]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1932
Birth Place: Logan Logan, New Mexico
[Logan Quay, New Mexico]
Death Date: Sep 1977
Father: Juan Viasana
Mother: Lola Cordova
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jun 1948: Name listed as ISABELLE VIASANA; Feb 1961: Name listed as ISABELL GALLEGOS; 11 Aug 1975: Name listed as ISABELL TUCKER
Dead following the shooting were Woodrow Wilson Tucker, 60, his estranged wife, Isabell Tucker, 45, and Gary Hinder, 31, all of Amarillo.
Officers said Mrs. Tucker and Hinder were seated at a table in Isabell's Lounge discussing a pool tournament when Tucker walked in. Witnesses told police Mrs. Tucker ran behind a counter and attempted to leave through a side door when Tucker opened fire, striking her twice.
As customers began to hide behind pool tables and tables, Hinder stood up, witnesses said. He was shot in the head. "No, Woody, no," a witness quoted Hinder as shouting as he was shot.
Witnesses said Tucker then went behind the counter and fired another shot at his estranged wife.
"Everybody out, I'm going to blow my head off," witnesses quoted Tucker as saying as he stood beside a pool table, reloading his .38 caliber revolver. The last customer said he heard a gunshot as he ran through the door.
Customers fled outside and someone pulled a fire alarm in an attempt to notify police. Officers arrived, surrounded the place and summoned the Amarillo SWAT team. Officers fired several tear gas cartridges into the lounge. When they went in, they found Tucker's body near the door and the bodies of Mrs. Tucker and Hinder.
A friend of the Tucker couple said Mrs. Tucker and her husband were separated and indicated she planned to file for divorce soon.
Justice of the peace Cliff Roberts ordered an autopsy.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, September 12, 1977)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Isabell Tucker
Death Date: 11 Sep 1977
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Isabell Biasana Tucker
[Isabell Biasana Biasana]
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1932
Birth Place: New Mexico
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Father: Juan Biasana
Mother: Lola Cordova
Age at Death: 45
Death Date: 11 Sep 1977
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Isabelle Viasana
[Isabell Gallegos]
[Isabell Tucker]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1932
Birth Place: Logan Logan, New Mexico
[Logan Quay, New Mexico]
Death Date: Sep 1977
Father: Juan Viasana
Mother: Lola Cordova
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jun 1948: Name listed as ISABELLE VIASANA; Feb 1961: Name listed as ISABELL GALLEGOS; 11 Aug 1975: Name listed as ISABELL TUCKER
AMARILLO, Tex. (AP) A man shot and killed his estranged wife and a customer in the bar she operated and then shot himself to death late Sunday, Amarillo police said.
Dead following the shooting were Woodrow Wilson Tucker, 60, his estranged wife, Isabell Tucker, 45, and Gary Hinder, 31, all of Amarillo.
Officers said Mrs. Tucker and Hinder were seated at a table in Isabell's Lounge discussing a pool tournament when Tucker walked in. Witnesses told police Mrs. Tucker ran behind a counter and attempted to leave through a side door when Tucker opened fire, striking her twice.
As customers began to hide behind pool tables and tables, Hinder stood up, witnesses said. He was shot in the head. "No, Woody, no," a witness quoted Hinder as shouting as he was shot.
Witnesses said Tucker then went behind the counter and fired another shot at his estranged wife.
"Everybody out, I'm going to blow my head off," witnesses quoted Tucker as saying as he stood beside a pool table, reloading his .38 caliber revolver. The last customer said he heard a gunshot as he ran through the door.
Customers fled outside and someone pulled a fire alarm in an attempt to notify police. Officers arrived, surrounded the place and summoned the Amarillo SWAT team. Officers fired several tear gas cartridges into the lounge. When they went in, they found Tucker's body near the door and the bodies of Mrs. Tucker and Hinder.
A friend of the Tucker couple said Mrs. Tucker and her husband were separated and indicated she planned to file for divorce soon.
Justice of the peace Cliff Roberts ordered an autopsy.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, September 12, 1977)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Isabell Tucker
Death Date: 11 Sep 1977
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Isabell Biasana Tucker
[Isabell Biasana Biasana]
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1932
Birth Place: New Mexico
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Father: Juan Biasana
Mother: Lola Cordova
Age at Death: 45
Death Date: 11 Sep 1977
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Isabelle Viasana
[Isabell Gallegos]
[Isabell Tucker]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1932
Birth Place: Logan Logan, New Mexico
[Logan Quay, New Mexico]
Death Date: Sep 1977
Father: Juan Viasana
Mother: Lola Cordova
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jun 1948: Name listed as ISABELLE VIASANA; Feb 1961: Name listed as ISABELL GALLEGOS; 11 Aug 1975: Name listed as ISABELL TUCKER
Dead following the shooting were Woodrow Wilson Tucker, 60, his estranged wife, Isabell Tucker, 45, and Gary Hinder, 31, all of Amarillo.
Officers said Mrs. Tucker and Hinder were seated at a table in Isabell's Lounge discussing a pool tournament when Tucker walked in. Witnesses told police Mrs. Tucker ran behind a counter and attempted to leave through a side door when Tucker opened fire, striking her twice.
As customers began to hide behind pool tables and tables, Hinder stood up, witnesses said. He was shot in the head. "No, Woody, no," a witness quoted Hinder as shouting as he was shot.
Witnesses said Tucker then went behind the counter and fired another shot at his estranged wife.
"Everybody out, I'm going to blow my head off," witnesses quoted Tucker as saying as he stood beside a pool table, reloading his .38 caliber revolver. The last customer said he heard a gunshot as he ran through the door.
Customers fled outside and someone pulled a fire alarm in an attempt to notify police. Officers arrived, surrounded the place and summoned the Amarillo SWAT team. Officers fired several tear gas cartridges into the lounge. When they went in, they found Tucker's body near the door and the bodies of Mrs. Tucker and Hinder.
A friend of the Tucker couple said Mrs. Tucker and her husband were separated and indicated she planned to file for divorce soon.
Justice of the peace Cliff Roberts ordered an autopsy.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, September 12, 1977)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Isabell Tucker
Death Date: 11 Sep 1977
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Isabell Biasana Tucker
[Isabell Biasana Biasana]
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1932
Birth Place: New Mexico
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Father: Juan Biasana
Mother: Lola Cordova
Age at Death: 45
Death Date: 11 Sep 1977
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Isabelle Viasana
[Isabell Gallegos]
[Isabell Tucker]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1932
Birth Place: Logan Logan, New Mexico
[Logan Quay, New Mexico]
Death Date: Sep 1977
Father: Juan Viasana
Mother: Lola Cordova
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jun 1948: Name listed as ISABELLE VIASANA; Feb 1961: Name listed as ISABELL GALLEGOS; 11 Aug 1975: Name listed as ISABELL TUCKER
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