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Husband Kills Lorain PL Staffer in Library Parking LotA 62-year-old retired factory worker has been charged with aggravated murder in the January 20 shooting death of Barbara Kallas, 57, a library assistant at the Lorain (Ohio) Public Library. Police say George Kallas left his wife to die in the library’s parking lot after shooting her with a .38-caliber handgun. Witnesses saw Kallas pacing for nearly 20 minutes across the street from the library before his wife pulled into the lot, the Akron Beacon-Journal reported January 22. Police say he approached her as she got out of the car and shot her four times in the chest and once in the arm. Elementary and middle school students on their way to the library were among those who witnessed the killing. According to witnesses, Kallas then walked calmly into the library and sat down next to a security guard. Mark Pierce, who was in the video section at the time, told Cleveland WEWS-TV news reporters that the man said, “I just shot and killed my wife,” then gave the handgun to the security guard, who contacted police. The library closed the rest of the afternoon so employees could receive grief counseling. The Lorain Morning Journal reported January 22 that police had responded to a domestic dispute at the Kallas home January 18 when the couple were arguing about Barbara’s working at the library. The officers stated that Kallas was worried about his wife’s safety because he knew the main library employed security guards. Police subsequently removed four weapons from the house. Barbara Kallas had worked in the county library system since 2000 and at the circulation desk of the main branch since August 2002. Her son Jonathan also works there as a student library aide and her daughter-in-law Denise Kallas works at the North Ridgeville branch. Posted January 23, 2004. |
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