Green Beret 'threatens to kill wife in front of kids before holding them hostage in stand-off'
'Don't kill mom, don't shoot us': Young children of armed Green Beret colonel pleaded with him as he beat up his wife and threatened to kill her during drunken two-hour stand-off with police, affidavit states Army Colonel Owen G Ray, 47, and his wife, Kristen, got into an argument after she believed him to be intoxicated Kristen said she became frightened during the argument and hid in the bedroom of her two young children, ages 7 and 10 Ray allegedly retrieved a shotgun and two pistols from the garage and began beating his wife, threatening to kill her in front of the children
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