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Shooter In Polk Murder-Suicide Left Recorded Message

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Published: December 22, 2008

Before showing up at his ex-wife's house Saturday night, killing her and seriously wounding her first ex-husband before turning the gun on himself, Khemraj Dhani recorded a message, Polk County deputies say.

Details about what the 51-year-old Dundee man said weren't immediately available, but the recording was in his pocket after the attack, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

The incident began shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday.

Dhani showed up at 706 Adams Ave. in Dundee, broke out a window next to the door, stuck his arm in and began randomly firing a semiautomatic handgun, Sheriff Grady Judd said.

Dhani's 17-year-old daughter, who was on a couch, ran into a bathroom, locked the door and climbed out to safety, Judd said.

Dhani then entered the house, found his ex-wife, Kalowti Dhani, 49, and killed her. He then shot her first ex-husband, who was visiting the home. Dhani then shot himself in the head.

When deputies arrived, they found the first ex-husband on the ground outside the home.

Deputies screamed at him to put his hands up.

"He told them he couldn't put his hands up because he had been shot," Judd said.

A deputy dragged the man half a block to an ambulance as another deputy covered him. A sheriff's SWAT team was called out, which found Dhani and his ex-wife dead.

The first ex-husband has been identified by deputies as Bridjnath, 50. Deputies say his driver's license lists Bridjnath as his full name.

He remains in critical condition in a Polk County hospital, deputies say.

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