An Oregon City man who police say shot his wife and then himself Monday had threatened to do just that many times, his wife said in a restraining order filed in Clackamas County last month.

Timothy Oliver Moffatt pursued his wife of 35 years, Jan Marie Moffatt, through Oregon City residential neighborhoods, shooting her twice before shooting himself, police and witnesses said.

They are now at separate Portland hospitals in critical condition.

The couple's already violent relationship entered a new phase on Dec. 18 after Timothy Moffatt allegedly injured his wife and was arrested the following day.

He was charged of a fourth-degree assault and harassment and arraigned on Christmas Eve.

Jan Moffatt had obtained a restraining order on Dec. 23. Timothy Moffatt was ordered to vacate the couple's home on Hartwood Drive. He moved to their son's house about a mile away on Prospector Terrace.

The restraining order catalogs what appears to be a long-standing abusive relationship.

"He has threatened to kill himself and take me out with him. He has (a) gun and rifles where he is staying," Jan Moffatt wrote.

She said she believed she was in imminent danger "because it's been happening on and off again for 35 years and I'm fearful it will continue."

The Dec. 18 fight started as an argument that escalated, she said. He kicked her, then hit her with a full 16-ounce water bottle giving her a black eye and bruises, according to the restraining order.

In September he twisted one of her hands "in a military move" and knocked her to the floor, she said.

In June, "Tim pinned me on the ground," Jan Moffatt said in the restraining order. "He placed his chest on my chest. He weighs 300 pounds and I couldn't breathe."

Jan Moffatt said she had a heart transplant in 2011.

"I don't think he means it, but he has said many time he will kill himself and take me with him."

-- Steve Mayes

503-294-5916; @ocmayes