ANDERSON, Mo. (AP) — The wife of a southwest Missouri deputy is charged with shooting her husband in the head.
The Neosho Daily News reports that 42-year-old Patricia M. Halverson is charged in McDonald County with first-degree attempted murder and armed criminal action for the Dec. 1 shooting of 69-year-old Al C. "Doc" Halverson. The McDonald County sheriff's deputy is no longer hospitalized.
Prosecutor Bill Dobbs says Patricia Halverson initially reported that her husband had a self-inflicted gunshot wound. But Dobbs says a thorough investigation didn't support her claim.
The probable cause statement says medical personnel told authorities that the wound didn't appear to be self-inflicted. Doc Halverson also told authorities he didn't shoot himself.
