FOX 7 learned new details about the deceased suspect, retired DPS trooper Rito Paul Morales, from his ex-wife.
"It's absolutely heartbreaking," said Sheakell Soto, who was formerly married to Paul Morales. "I feel absolutely terrible for them and their family. I can't imagine."
She says he "groomed her" as a victim in an abusive and sometimes violent relationship when they lived in Alton near Lubbock. "There was an incident that he got an AR-15 and pointed it at me. And I was standing by our fridge. And his utility weapon, which was a nine-millimeter, was on our fridge. And I grabbed it and I pointed it back at him. And I firmly believe that if I hadn't pointed it back at him, that he would have probably killed me that day," said Soto.
Soto says Paul Morales was already dating Kristin, whom he would later marry, when he was transferred to work at the Capitol in Austin. Randi Mitchell later moved in with the Morales at their home in Elgin.
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