Another Good Reason to Let Someone Else Install Things Around the House

[Ksyrup]

Man fatally shoots wife while installing satellite TV system

The Associated Press

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 Deepwater, was pronounced dead early Saturday evening after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired the shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.

The woman, who was outside the house, was hit by the second of two shots fired by Ronald Long, the Henry County Sheriff’s Department said.

Sheriff’s Department spokesman Maj. Robert 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.

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

[RendeR]

But did he get the satellite working or not?

[Dr. Sak]

Fuck the drill...a gun puts a better hole in a wall.

[Bee]

How thin were the walls? A .22 doesn't have all that much power, I'm surprised it actually made it through the wall, let alone killed his wife.

[cougarfreak]

Sounds like a quick cover up story IMO. 22's don't go through walls and kill people unless they were homeless and lived in a cardboard box. In which case, no hole would have been necessary to set up the satellite, just fold the flap up.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Bee

How thin were the walls? A .22 doesn't have all that much power, I'm surprised it actually made it through the wall, let alone killed his wife.

LOL......you obviously haven't driven through Sedalia before. Let's just say most of the homes aren't all that well built.

BTW......can this guy win a Darwin award since it wasn't actually him that died by his own stupidity?

[bhlloy]

One one hand this sounds too incredible to be an accident, on the other hand you have to be incredibly lucky to manage to shoot your wife through a wall if that is what you are going for (unless she is a very stationary target )

I wonder how many people do this daily and we never hear about it because they don't kill their wives?

[MJ4H]

Originally Posted by cougarfreak

Sounds like a quick cover up story IMO. 22's don't go through walls and kill people unless they were homeless and lived in a cardboard box. In which case, no hole would have been necessary to set up the satellite, just fold the flap up.

Quite the pragmatist, there.

[JPhillips]

I thought this would be a story on Fidatelo getting electricuted.

[kurtism]

They had this story on Czabe this morning. Best comment from a texter: "The ambulance will be there between 8 am and noon."

[CU Tiger]

Of course, it was a traileer he was shooting through, damn THINK PEOPLE

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

“Once we complete a diagram of the incident

flere has a new job?