Police: Woman shooting at dog misses, kills husband

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[mmanager]

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.

[mmanager]

Sounds like such a well rounded family. The other pitbull named "Blunt" was not hurt in the shooting. /s

May I nominate her for Darwin of the Year? Or maybe it was just a one shot, one kill scenario.

[Truth29]

Is this bad writing or was the deceased holding the dog when she was allegedly trying to shoot it? Could it have been an opportune moment for the shooter?

[johniegrad]

[Joann37]

What could have happened? They sound like a real intelligent family, owning pit bulls with kids around. And what normal family wouldn’t give their dog a name like “Cocaine”? /s

[calex59]

Sounds to me like she shot after the husband picked up the dog. Did she think she was Annie Oakly and could shoot the dog out of her husbands hands? I bet he was thinking Oh, Sh**, I shouldn’t have yelled at her this morning!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.

[expat1000]

Is this bad writing or was the deceased holding the dog when she was allegedly trying to shoot it? Could it have been an opportune moment for the shooter?

That is what the kid said, and also that the kids were inside the house and out of danger already. So why shoot the dog at that point? Hmmm...

[expat1000]

[hflynn]

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.
Appears to have been accidental? Must be the Sheila Jackson police.

[hflynn]

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.
Appears to have been accidental? Must be the Sheila Jackson police.

[Darkwolf377]

Why do I get the feeling we will see a story in a day or two headlined, `Husband Shooter Told Boyfriend ``I`ll Make It Look Like An Accident`` ...or `Puppy Slay Widow`s Last Words To Hubby She Shot: ``You Play Joan Burroughs This Time`` ?

[loucon]

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110717/NEWS/107170347/Man-holding-pit-bull-when-shot-son-says?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home

a better link to the story

[Roccus]

A while back I started a “Let me guess” scorecard. I keep it on my bulletin board. This story marks my 68th “correct” guess versus three “incorrect.”

[Cheapskate]

My hunch is that she actually missed the big dog twice!

[varmintman]

Guy apparently was holding the dog and the woman tried to shoot the dog while he was holding it. I mean, maybe Doc Holiday could feel good about making a pistol shot like that....

[hometoroost]

"It was a freak accident," Walker Jr. said. "I don't know what else to say."

No, a freak accident would be something like she dropped the pistol, it went off and killed the husband. She pointed the gun in his direction and pulled the trigger. She may not have meant to hit him but she did - nothing freakish about that.

Also, if I read your comment correctly you're saying the family owned the dogs. They did not they belonged to neighbors. And, for a Darwin award she would have had to have shot herself, not her husband.

[expat1000]

I can guess what you are guessing. Scratch that - I know!

[LoneStarGI]

That’s what I thought when I read that. Unfortunately can’t be a Darwin Award because the stupid one didn’t die.

[TPOOH]

Eating too many brilliant beans.