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CANTON, Texas - The father of a high school football player shot and wounded the team's coach Thursday, fled in a truck loaded with weapons, and then tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists, authorities said.
Jeffrey Doyle Robertson, 45, went to Canton High School just after classes started and shot coach Gary Joe Kinne in the chest, police said. The coach, who also is the school's athletic director, was airlifted to a hospital in nearby Tyler, and a family spokesman said he was in critical condition.
Robertson's pickup was found about two hours later abandoned on a rural road. Officers found him in the woods with cuts to his wrists, officials said.
Police were investigating a possible motive. On Wednesday, Robertson's son, Baron, had been banned from playing all school athletics, other students said.