Salon shooting

Haughton bought gun 1 day before spa shooting

By The Associated Press

CREATED Oct. 22, 2012

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  • Photo: 45-year-old Radcliffe Haughton

MILWAUKEE- Police say a Brown Deer man who killed his wife and two other women at a Brookfield spa bought the gun used in the shooting spree two days after a court ordered him to turn in all firearms.

Forty-five-year-old Radcliffe F. Haughton was ordered to turn in all weapons during a hearing in which his estranged wife obtained a four-year restraining order.

Forty-two-year-old Zina Haughton told the court her husband had been terrorizing her for years.

Haughton also was involved in a 90-minute standoff with police officers responding to a 911 call from his wife last year. Police officers who responded thought they saw Haughton point a gun at his wife.

But police now say they never confirmed a weapon was present.