Watch where you shoot.

[osoab]

Police: Miss. woman shooting at dog kills husband (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WOMAN_KILLS_HUSBAND?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)


JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Police in Mississippi say a woman opened fire on a puppy that had threatened children, but wound up shooting and killing her husband.


Witnesses tell police that the pit bull named "Cocaine" had lunged at some children and tried to attack them on Friday. The dead man's son says the children were taken inside and his father picked the dog up.

It was then that police say Betty Walker fired twice, hitting the dog once and her husband once in the chest. Jackson police spokeswoman Colendula Green says the death of 53-year-old Robert Walker appears to have been accidental.


She says a Hinds County grand jury will decide whether to charge Betty Walker.
Animal control officers have taken the dog, and its owner could face charges.

[Dogman]

Woman fires at dog, kills husband




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Lazarius Montgomery holds his pit bull after it was shot by a woman Friday on Oakhurst Drive in south Jackson. The woman ended up fatally shooting her husband while aiming for the dog.


A woman who told police she was shooting at a pit bull ended up fatally wounding her husband Friday afternoon outside their south Jackson home.

Betty Walker fired twice with a .38-caliber revolver, with one of the bullets striking her husband, Robert Walker, 53, in the chest. He was pronounced dead less than two hours later at a hospital.


The white 8-month-old pit bull, known as "Cocaine," was wounded in his left front leg. He was picked up by animal control officers.


Police said the shooting at 3:19 p.m. in the 2100 block of Oakhurst Drive appears to be accidental, and whether the wife will face charges will be left up to a Hinds County grand jury.


The dog's owner could be facing charges, police spokeswoman Colendula Green said.


Green said witnesses told police the dog "lunged and tried to attack some children" and Betty Walker pulled out the gun and fired.


However, Robert Ferguson, 19, questioned whether the dog acted in such a manner because he said the dog isn't aggressive. Ferguson said he is a cousin of the dog's owner.


The dog has been kept in a pen in a fenced back yard, Ferguson said. And whenever he is out, "we keep the dog on a leash," he said. "We don't know how he got out."


Ferguson said he and others at his home heard a gunshot and came out.
They saw a man being placed on the tailgate of a pickup apparently about to be taken to the hospital before police and ambulance personnel arrived.
"This is just an unfortunate situation," Ferguson said. "I don't see why she would shoot the dog."


Cynthia Wheat, who lives in the neighborhood, said the pit bull once had come up behind her as she was walking in the neighborhood, but she shooed him away and he didn't try to bite her.


Wheat said she heard a popping sound Friday afternoon and then saw the commotion from the shooting. Based on how Betty Walker looked, Wheat said the shooting appeared to be an accident.


"From all appearances, she appeared heartbroken," Wheat said of Betty Walker, who shot her husband.


http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110716/NEWS/107160342/Woman-fires-dog-kills-husband

[Spectrism]

That's what happens when people don't get enough practice on video games.... or...

the headline should be: Woman almost kills dog when shooting husband.

[drafter]

All I could think reading that article was, "Huh? WTF??". So she waits until her husband picks up the dog then shoots it? Huh???

[mightymanx]

Engage the brain before engaging the target.

[Glass]

I tell people all the time socks and sandles can work but they wont believe me.

[midnight rambler]

I tell people all the time socks and sandles can work but they wont believe me.

That's behavior learned from jail and/or prison.