When “Plan B” Really Stinks
Here is another for the What Are People Thinking? file: No charges for man who killed wife in TV mishap
SEDALIA, Mo. — Prosecutors are not expected to file charges against a Missouri man who fatally shot his wife while he was trying to install a satellite TV system in their home.
Henry County investigators ruled that Patsy Long's March 22 death was accidental. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired his .22 caliber pistol from inside their Deepwater home after he couldn't punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.
The sheriff's office said the 34-year-old woman was hit in the chest by the second of two shots.
Henry County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Shields said his office does not expect to press charges.
It's tragic, but I guess it could have been worse. He could have had a stick of dynamite in the house.
Weird Stuff | Rich Horton Thursday, 10 April , 2008
By Anthony (Los Angeles), Thursday, 10 April , 2008 @ 10:29 am
Wouldn’t going to Home Depot and renting a drill have been easier?
By Jonn Lilyea, Thursday, 10 April , 2008 @ 11:20 am
Um, second shot? She stood around waiting for a second shot - the one after the first shot?
By Neo, Thursday, 10 April , 2008 @ 11:42 am
If being stupid were a crime ..
By martian, Thursday, 10 April , 2008 @ 12:59 pm
It could have been better, too - the shot could have ricocheted and removed this moron from the gene pool!
By RAH, Thursday, 10 April , 2008 @ 2:03 pm
No criminal intent. Now many would like stupidity to be criminalized, but then everyone would be a criminal and in jail. I agree with the prosecutors that this was an accidental death.
By Rich Horton, Thursday, 10 April , 2008 @ 3:38 pm
the shot could have ricocheted and removed this moron from the gene pool!
That would have made him a Darwin Award finalist for sure.
By Mockinbird, Friday, 11 April , 2008 @ 3:57 pm
I guess Black and Decker wasn’t good enough for the guy. What a shame for his wife.
But in the end, he’s got his ESPN.