February 26, 2001

3 Dead in Guam Shooting Rampage

ASSOCIATED PRESS

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) -- A gunman fatally shot his estranged wife and another

woman at a medical clinic on Monday before being mortally wounded by police.

Four others were wounded.

Peter Aguon Maguadog, 44, was armed with two handguns as he made his way

through the Seventh Day Adventist Clinic, where his wife worked as a nurse

and where he was once employed, police spokesman Officer A.J. Balajadia said.

The couple was divorcing, and a restraining order barred Maguadog from coming

within 500 feet of his wife, Balajadia said. The two were due to appear

before a judge Tuesday to discuss the order.

Lucia Maguadog, 43, and nurse Bernadette Moreno, 27, were pronounced dead at

Guam Memorial Hospital. The gunman was shot twice and later died during

surgery, officials said.

The four other victims were in stable condition, Balajadia said.

More than 100 people, including children, were in the building when the

half-hour of gunfire erupted, police said.

Maguadog appeared to have singled out only his wife and had shot the others

at random, Balajadia said.

"I've seen shootings, but I've never seen anything like this on Guam," said

Balajadia, an 18-year veteran of the force.

Guam, with a population of 152,000, is a U.S. territory, located west of the

international date line, about 3,800 miles west of Hawaii.