 CHESHIRE, Ore. -- A Cheshire woman has been accused of shooting her husband after he shot her pet chicken.
| "You bastard! You shot Squawky!" |
The Eugene-Register Guard reports that 58-year-old Mary Kay Gray has been jailed on felony assault charges.
Her 43-year-old husband, Stanley Gray, is recovering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
| "She shot me! The bitch shot me!" |
| I've had pet chickens and they were all fine birds. I agree with this lady - anyone messes with my hens, they mess with me! |
The chicken died at the scene.
| Alas, poor Squawky! We knew him well! |
Lane County sheriff's Sgt. Clint Riley says the couple had been working around their yard and drinking on Labor Day.
| Drinking? No!How could that be? |
They got into an argument after Stanley Gray shot his wife's pet chicken with a .44-caliber handgun. Police don't know if the shooting was intentional or an accident. Riley says "it depends on who you ask."
"Awright! Didja shoot the chicken on purpose, Stanley? Or was it an accident?"
"It wuz murder, officer!"
"Shuddup, Mary Kay! It wuz self-defense! That chicken pulled a knife on me!" |
But sheriff's deputies later determined that Mary Kay Gray shot her husband with a .22-caliber rifle in an apparent act of retaliation.
"It wudn't retaliation! It wuz self-defense!"
"I ain't got no knife! Search me!" |
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