Man believed to have shot wife, self near Covina identified

Authorities identified a man Sunday who apparently killed himself during a standoff with police after shooting his wife.
Stephen Coulter, 50, was pronounced dead inside a townhome in the 20800 block of Calora Street, just west of Sunflower Avenue in an unincorporated county area near Covina, coroner's officials said.
According to public records, Coulter lived at the home.
The name of his wife, 47, was not released.
She was hospitalized in stable condition following the 9:15 a.m. shooting, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Robert Boese said.
She was shot in the head and arm, fire officials said.
Officials said the wife initially told them her husband shot her during an argument after she threatened to divorce him.
SWAT deputies surrounded the home for four hours Saturday and tried to make contact with the man with no success, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Richard Ramirez said.
The ultimately threw tear gas grenades into the home and forced their way in, officials said, where they found Coulter dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Neighbors said they did not know the couple well but often heard them argue loudly.
Los Angeles County Superior Court records show Coulter was convicted of drunken driving in 2003 and 2006, as well as driving on a suspended license in 2004 and 2006. The records showed no indications of previous violent crimes.