Man Shooting Hole Through Wall Kills Wife

kctv5 ^ | March 25, 2008 | not specified

[RDTF]

DEEPWATER, Mo. -- Officials were trying Tuesday to decide whether to file charges against a Missouri man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite TV system in the bedroom of their home.

Patsy Long, 34, of Deepwater, died after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun on Saturday. 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.

Henry County sheriff's deputies said the woman was hit by the second of two shots fired by her husband.

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[TexasCajun]

You might be a Redneck if ...

[Migraine]

Hmmm... he missed the first time?

Nope. She started calling him "stupid" after the first shot.

[freedomlover]

The second one was for the phone line.

[dashing doofus]

For standard speaker wire, I guess a .22 will work. For extra tough drilling, I’d use a .22 magnum.

[no dems]

Negligent Manslaughter.

[arderkrag]

Should’ve used a Desert Eagle if he wanted a bigger hole.

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

Unfortunately, he doesn’t qualify. You have to take yourself out of the gene pool. Now, whether or not he should be promoted to full recipient status, that’s another story...

Then again, the wife might qualify for having married the guy!

[muawiyah]

One night Trudy Ball (as we came to find was her name), a flaming red-head, and her husband got into a raging gun battle. Both were outside firing away at each other, one on one side, and the other on the other side, sometimes through the windows.

Tore that place up.

They both survived but divorced and moved away later (thank goodness).

[miele man]

Man in Deepwater is now in deep sheite.

[arderkrag]

Hmm...good point.

[ElkGroveDan]

Hold muh beer alert.

[Noumenon]

No, no, no. He got that all wrong. Satellite TV cable is usually RG6. He’d need to use a .38 for that.

[dragnet2]

Deepwater Missouri? lol

[TC Rider]

A friend owns a range in NC. He routinely uses a 9mm to drill holes in wooden target stands. Of course it’s always done so the round impacts into a berm.

[TOWER]

“But Marge, a gun is a tool. Like a butcher knife or a harpoon, or uhh... an alligator.”

- Homer Simpson

[dashing doofus]

Isn’t it great that so many calibers are available for different wiring applications? Do you think 9mm would work with RG6?

I’m gonna use my .45 to run some copper pipe thru a wall in my house in order to save some time...

[sarasota]

Just googled it and, oh my, handguns for hunting?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Yea, she forgot to serpentine.

[rickomatic]

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. Hmmm... he missed the first time?

Her: No honey...not quite. A little more to the right. Him: Ok darlin' .... BANG....got it? Her: Ouch!!...no...I meant more to YOUR right.....THUD.

[Red in Blue PA]

Manslaughter att he very least.