Man Beats, Stabs Wife Before Shooting Himself

"TULLAHOMA, TN — Around 2:50 Saturday afternoon, an Office Max employee called 911 to report a man beating up a woman in the store's parking lot on North Jackson Street in Tullahoma.

"Officials say the victim, Melody Martin, 46, worked next door to the Office Max at a nursing home. Her estranged husband, Benny Martin, 43, was waiting on her outside the nursing home. When she got off from work, investigators say he rammed her car with his.

"The two ended up in the Office Max parking lot. The employees and customers tried to intervene, but he pulled out a gun, according to witnesses, so they backed away, but watched as he was beating her severely.

"Witnesses say he then pulled out a knife and started stabbing her. Witness told police Benny Martin fled the scene. About an hour later, he was found in his car on West Lincoln Street with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was flown to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville where he was pronounced dead.

"Police said the couple had a history of domestic violence, and Melody had recently filed an order of protection, which had yet to be served."

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