Police: Miss. woman shooting at dog kills husband

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07-16) 11:12 PDT 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.



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[Orangepeel]

1. she fired at the dog while her husband was holding it?

The wisdom and ethics of shooting the dog aside, I don't know that I believe that was her real intention.

[CBGLuthier]

2. she pulled the trigger while the gun was pointed at her husband

What about this is an "accident?"

The word is negligence. Not accident. Being stupid is not a criminal defense.

[TheWraith]

5. It's either criminally negligent homicide, or the worst alibi for murder I've ever heard. nt

[NYC_SKP]

3. ...pit bull named "Cocaine"...

Some Darwin at work here?

[givemebackmycountry]

4. "Cocaine" it's a helleva a drug!

I mean dog, I mean drug, I mean dog.

Oh, bother.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Is the dog OK?

[Kennah]

7. Additional charges were filed, wait for it ...

... for shooting Cocaine!

[tortoise1956]

8. It was an accidental shooting

I sure she didn't mean to hit the dog...

[ManiacJoe]

9. Husband was holding the dog.

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