Former WWE star Billy Jack Haynes has reportedly been arrested after a stand-off with police, who later found a woman - believed to be his wife - shot dead inside the property.
Police officers in Portland, Oregon, responded to reports of a shooting inside a home on Southeast 100th Avenue near Southeast Yukon Street just before 10am on (Thursday, February 9).
Officers found a man inside a property who was being uncooperative. The surrounding neighbourhood was put under a shelter-in-place order. Police said a man was detained around two hours later. They found a woman, believed to be his wife, dead when they entered.
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Cops have not named the male suspect, but Wrestling Observer journalist Jim Valley confirmed Haynes was the man arrested.
Neighbour Steve Odry told KOIN the man involved used to tell "old wrestling" stories. He said: "He was telling me all kinds of stories about old wrestling and I told him how I used to go watch him.
"I decided to go for a walk when I saw all the cops down by my house. And I just then noticed all the blocks taped off and I just came down here."
Brilynn Matthieu, who lives nearby, said she had been taking care of the people in the home. She told Fox 12: "Recently, I was just taking care of his wife who had ongoing dementia. I was pretty decently close to both of them and loved them very much."
Billy Jack Haynes wrestled for WWE from 1986 to 1988, feuding with the likes of 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan.
He left the promotion under controversial circumstances. It is believed he was sacked after refusing to lose at a live event in his hometown of Portland.
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