Police: Man fatally shot wife for urging him to kill himself

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[ARGLOCKGUY]

CHICORA, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a Pennsylvania man told them he fatally shot his wife after first trying to kill himself and then hearing her taunting him and encouraging him to shoot himself. Thirty-year-old Joshua Crawford was jailed Monday in Butler County on charges of criminal homicide and aggravated assault. Police say Crawford and 30-year-old Sarah Crawford were arguing at their Donegal Township home Sunday night when he decided to take his own life. Police say Joshua Crawford told them the gun wouldn't fire and his wife continued to call him names and urge him to shoot himself, so he turned the gun on her and fired.

[Paleo Conservative]

[ozzymandus]

Sounds like they deserved each other.

[SaveFerris]

Henny Youngman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-LD9Xgqf6w

[sargon]

Gee, I wonder if alcohol was involved here?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

There’s a country song here just aching to get out.

What happens when you play a country song backwards?

[AndyTheBear]

This is a tough one. I’m not sure what the ruling should be here.

Perhaps he is lying, and didn't try to commit suicide and wanted to murder her. Who knows? I reckon that is why we have investigations and trials.

[MrEdd]

Possibly.

It is just a probable that it only involves a guy who is one of the ninety-four million who can’t get a job in the Obama economy and a woman who likes to spend money.

[Garth Tater]

Man fatally shot wife for urging him to kill himself

Sounds reasonable.

[Recompennation]

Reminds me of the joke... And the judge then asked him if she was a nagger and he replied no she’s a little bitty white woman about this tall

[Organic Panic]

Oops. He missed.

[SIDENET]

and his wife continued to call him names and urge him to shoot himself, so he turned the gun on her and fired.

Hard to fault the guy.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Ha, payback is a bitch, bitch.

[cherry]

so he “says” that she taunted him?....pretty lame....

[Jet Jaguar]

not guilty

[dfwgator]

“...and I can still hear her complain.”

[livius]

Was it drugs or alcohol?

[Boomer]

Well shoot, yep he did, and now he will get the sentence he deserves. Thirty days should do it.

[Hieronymus]

The classic “I’m gonna miss her” doesn’t apply in this case.

[ZinGirl]

My father-in-law always said, “When you commit suicide, you’re killing the wrong person”.

[PTBAA]

Harcourt Fenton Mudd, you don’t have the guts to pull that trigger!