Deputies: Couple's quarrel after high school reunion ends in attempted murder-suicide

Sunday, November 12, 2017
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Deputies say a couple returning from a high school reunion got into a violent argument. Now a man is dead and his wife is recovering in the hospital.

Investigators said Jason Butler shot his wife, Rachel Butler, during a fight in their driveway in Montgomery County, before turning the gun on himself.
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The couple apparently went out to the driveway after coming home from the husband's 20th high school reunion.

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At one point, the argument escalated and according to deputies, Jason pulled out a gun from his truck and shot his wife in the chest. He then shot and killed himself.

When officers arrived, they found Jason with a gunshot wound to the head and Rachel unconscious but breathing.
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According to Rachel's father, she's recovering well and expected to be released from Conroe emergency center soon.

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