Shooter in St. Croix County murder-suicide was arrested for domestic assault in 2023

Shooter in St. Croix County murder-suicide was arrested for domestic assault in 2023

A 65-year-old man who authorities say shot a woman earlier this week in St. Croix County, Wis., and then killed himself was on probation for abusing her in 2023 in Stillwater. Authorities say Paul P. Hellem, 65, shot and killed Martha M. Woltman, 58, of Stillwater, with a 9-mm handgun sometime on Sunday or Monday at a property in Hersey, an unincorporated community about 30 miles east of Hudson. Hellem, whose last known address was in Grand Mara…