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Monday, July 21, 2025

Murder suspect kills self

Raymond Pyle, a 25-year-old Madison man, committed suicide Tuesday afternoon and is suspected of shooting and killing a man at the Alterra facility, 1601 Wheeler Rd., according to a Madison Police report. 

 

 

 

Pyle was visiting the facility to see his estranged girlfriend and drop off their baby. He then produced a rifle and shot and killed a male employee of Alterra.  

 

 

 

The estranged girlfriend removed herself and her child from the situation, but was followed by Pyle. However, a female employee stepped in between the suspect and the girlfriend. Pyle then stepped back and shot himself in the head. 

 

 

 

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Police do not believe the shooting was a random act since Pyle knew the victim. 

 

 

 

No one else was reported harmed.

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