EUGENE — Authorities in Eugene say a man lured his ex-wife’s boyfriend to a home where he shot him to death and then killed himself.
Police say that Nicholas Hazel, 48, shot and killed John Ramsey Tainton-Platts, 33, at about 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Police say that after the shooting he sent a text message to his former wife stating he had just murdered Tainton-Platts and that he planned to next kill himself.
Police tell The Register-Guard a standoff ensued until about 11:30 p.m. when police entered the home and found Hazel dead.
Police say they fired no shots and Hazel appeared to have a self-inflicted gun-shot wound.
Authorities say Tainton-Platts was a photographer who thought he was meeting a woman for a photo shoot.
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