Army Colonel Owen G. Ray, 47, and his wife, Kristen, got into an argument at their DuPont, Washington home back in January 2020 after she believed him to be intoxicated.
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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
Green Beret Colonel Threatened to Kill Wife in Front of Children Before Standoff with Police: Affidavit
Col. Owen Ray, 1st Special Forces Group commander, speaks to reporters at the Pentagon, July 12, 2019. (U.S. Dept. of Defense/Joe Lacdan)
30 Dec 2020
A Special Forces officer from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington is being held on $1 million bail, accused of holding his wife and children at gunpoint in a drunken rage early Sunday morning that ended in a two-hour standoff with police.
Army Colonel Owen G. Ray, a former commander of 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), has been ordered to reappear in court Jan. 11 with his attorney to face charges ranging from kidnapping and assault to threatening police with a firearm.
On December 27, 2020 at approximately 12:23 a.m., DuPont Police patrol units were emergency-dispatched to an address in the 1500 block of Bittner Ct., DuPont WA for a domestic assault in progress involving a firearm.
Due to the nature of the call, additional units from the Lakewood Police Department, Steilacoom Department of Public Safety, and the Washington State Patrol also responded under mutual aid. Upon arrival, officers attempted to make contact, but the male adult-suspect refused to comply with officers’ orders and refused to exit the home.
After a short period of time, the victim-family members exited the home to safety, but the armed suspect refused to disarm or surrender. Active negotiations and de-escalation attempts took place until the suspect eventually surrendered and was safely taken into custody. This occurred approximately two hours after initial communication was established between the police and the suspect. The suspect was subsequently arrested and booked