Summary of Offense:
Convicted of killing his wife and wounding four others during a 1992 shooting spree inside the St. Louis County courthouse. The shooting occurred on May 5, 1992. Baumruk and his wife, Mary, were about to begin a divorce hearing. Court documents showed he reached into a briefcase and pulled out two .38-caliber handguns and shot his wife in the neck. He then shot her attorney in the chest and his own attorney in the chest, arm and neck as the attorney tried to run.
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