CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio sheriff says a man
who killed his 5-year-old son before turning the gun on himself
struggled with depression and had been out of work for some time.
Guernsey County Sheriff Michael McCauley said
36-year-old Russell Ball had threatened to kill himself in a text
message exchange Tuesday night with his estranged wife, but she didn't
take him seriously because he never attempted it before.
McCauley said Ball killed his young son with a
shotgun before shooting himself sometime after that. Their bodies were
found at Ball's home near Cambridge Wednesday afternoon.
McCauley said Russell Ball and his wife had separated the day after Christmas.
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