When not killing class loads of students they kill their families....

 

 

 

 

Man kills wife in freak DIY gun accident

 

By Bonnie Malkin

Last Updated: 7:42am GMT 27/03/2008

 

An American man accidentally shot dead his wife while trying to install
satellite TV in their bedroom.

 

Ronald Long of Missouri did not own a drill, so he used his .22 calibre
handgun to fire two shots into the wall of the room so that he could run
a cable through from outside.

 

Mr Long's wife Patsy was standing outside the house when he fired the
gun. She was hit by the second bullet and later died from her injuries
in hospital.

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Police have not decided whether or not to charge Mr Long over her death.

 

Mr Long, 32, said he thought his wife and two sons were inside when he
fired the handgun.

 

He had decided to use the gun, which he kept in the bedroom, after
earlier attempts to make a hole in the wall had failed.

 

Mrs Long, who worked as a waitress, was given CPR by neighbours and
transported to hospital by air ambulance, but was pronounced dead on
arrival.

 

Police spokesman Major Robert Hills said: "Mr Long was under the
impression that everybody was inside the residence, that he knew where
everybody was at."

 

Maj Hills said a person involved in such a case normally would be
charged with manslaughter, but that would be 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."



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