Chicken Dies, Wife Shoots Husband

A woman shot her husband in the back after he killed her pet chicken, the Lane County sheriff's deputies said. Deputies said they were sure that Mary Gray, 58, intended to shoot her husband, Stephen Gray, 43. They weren't certain if the husband meant to fire at the chicken.

"We don't know if it was an accident or if it was on purpose," Sgt. Clint Riley said. "It depends who you ask."

Riley said the couple had been drinking for much of Monday while they did yard work at their rented home in the town northwest of Eugene, and they began arguing after Stephen Gray shot the chicken with a .44-caliber handgun.


Deputies said he was then hit with a shot from a .22-caliber rifle, and is recovering. Mary Gray was arraigned Tuesday on an assault charge.

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Looks like hubby was in the wrong place at the wrong time and on the wrong end of a gun.

crispy or original?

If not my county. :D

It would be tempting to take a shot at someone who shot one of my pets of any species. Minus the alcohol, though, I could hang on long enough to call law enforcement and a lawyer.