Colonel accused of beating wife, threatening suicide during police stand-off

“He proceeded to kick [her] over and over with his boots in the face and chest. The two children had woken up and were screaming, ‘don’t kill mom, don’t shoot us." ~ Army Times

"The chief of staff assigned to I Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord is accused of beating his wife in front of their children and repeatedly threatening to kill himself during a stand-off with police at the family’s DuPont home. On Monday, Pierce County prosecutors charged Owen Ray, 47, with first-degree kidnapping, two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of felony harassment and reckless endangerment." https://www.thenewstribune.com/.../article248134165.html... https://www.thenewstribune.com/.../article248134165.html