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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 16, 1963 reads, "Policemen view the body of Angelo Pisano, Pacoima, after he shot and killed his wife, Jeanette, in a Sun Valley service station Monday, then killed himself." The article partially reads, "A 23-year-old Pacoima man shot his wife to death, attempted twice to shoot a service station attendant Monday night in Sun Valley, then turned the gun on himself, police said. Dead were Angelo William Pisano and Jeannette Mae Pisano, also 23...The attendant, Rueben M. Ohlhauser, 19, who works at the station at 8415 Lankershim Blvd., told police Pisano attempted to fire two shots at him, but the .25-caliber automatic pistol misfired. Police said Pisano shot his wife, a Bendix Corp. employe [sic], through the back and head and fired another shot into his own right temple."; See images #00117081 through #00117082 for all photos in this series.
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