Man Installing Satellite TV Shoots, Kills Wife

[lildobe]

Oh the anti's will have a field day with this one...

http://www.kmbc.com/news/15701029/detail.html

Man Installing Satellite TV Shoots, Kills Wife
Patsy Long Died From Gunshot Wound To Chest

POSTED: 9:19 am CDT March 25, 2008
UPDATED: 12:04 pm CDT March 25, 2008
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Officials are trying to determine whether to file charges against a man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite television system in their home.

Patsy D. Long, 34, of Deep Water, was pronounced dead early Saturday evening after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun.

Pasty Long was standing outside the residence, helping her husband with the installation of a satellite television system. The couple's children were also outside.

According to sheriff's department spokesman Maj. Robert Hills, Ronald Long fired a shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.

Ronald Long told authorities that he fired a second shot, then called out his wife's name and the names of their two children. When he got no reply, he ran outside and found his wounded wife.

Pasty Long was hit by the second of two shots fired by Ronald Long, the Henry County Sheriff's Department said.

Hills said a person involved in such a case normally would be charged with manslaughter, but that was up to the prosecutor.

"Once we complete a diagram of the incident, we will be submitting everything to the prosecuting attorney and let him decide if he wants to press criminal charges," Hills said.

Hills described the family as being very "distraught."

Henry County Coroner Scott Largent declined to release details about Patsy Long's death until the Sheriff's Department completes its investigation.

Copyright 2008 by KMBC.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[billy870m9]

if anyone watches the simpsons it reminds me of the one where homer gets a gun, homer uses it to shoot out the lights before bed, uses it to shoot a stuck ball off the roof all kinds of stuff......the point it that a gun is a tool, but not always the right tool for every job.....i wonder what people are thinking when he actually though it was a good idea to use a gun to shoot a hole for installing something.......people like that make gun owners look like idiots

[sjl127]

Darwin award nomination.

There's a lot of these lately... Full moon?

[HiredGoon]

Un-freakin'-believable! He did this knowing his family was on the other side of the wall.

There's a relatively new invention this guy might not have heard about that he should have used. It's called an electric drill

[scjbob]

"Bad things happen to good peiople?" How about "Bad things happen to Stoooopid people"?

[LittleRedToyota]

what a moron...

everyone knows a .22 caliber hole is not large enough to feed a coax cable through...you need to use a .45.

[blendingnoise]

I think I feel better about wanting one of those tiny .22 pocket guns for the ultimate in pocket carry for self defense.

What is a .22 able to punch through that a hammer and screwdriver or nail cant? Some logic by that guy.

[Autonomous]

Dear Lord...
Im not sure I can even begin to say anything nice so I wont say anything at all...
Thats what my mother told me to do...
-A

[Agent Smith]

Wow, just wow.

[ShakeyDad]

if anyone watches the simpsons it reminds me of the one where homer gets a gun, homer uses it to shoot out the lights before bed, uses it to shoot a stuck ball off the roof all kinds of stuff......the point it that a gun is a tool, but not always the right tool for every job.....i wonder what people are thinking when he actually though it was a good idea to use a gun to shoot a hole for installing something.......people like that make gun owners look like idiots

Ya mean like this ???? (check avatar)