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Guns + Booze + Wife = Darwin Award

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http://freakoutnation.com/2013/04/30/during-a-heavy-night-of-drinking-man-teaches-wife-how-to-shoot-a-gun-wife-shoots-husband-dead/

A 42 year-old Pennsylvania woman shot and killed her husband Saturday during a heavy night of drinking while he was teaching her to use a semi-automatic gun for the first time.

Michele Wanko’s husband removed several handguns from a safe, then began showing her how to “clear a gun to make sure it was safe.” She said her husband had been teaching her to clear three of the handguns. The couple were reportedly in a small room practicing for 45 minutes when she picked up the XD9 mm semiautomatic handgun. According to the affidavit, the wife held her arms in an extended position, with the gun in her right hand pointed at her husband, and racking it with her left hand to make sure it was clear, then the gun fired after she racked it. Michele Wanko is not certain if she was squeezing the trigger at the time.

Michele Wanko told Parkside Police,, “I shot him,” when officer Brian McNeill Jr. arrived at the house at 3:57 a.m. Saturday only to discover 43-year-old William Wanko lying in the hallway entrance, with a gunshot wound to the upper chest, just below the Adam’s apple.

Police Chief John Egan said Sunday, “It was a reckless act. They were drinking for hours and they were handling firearms.”

The couple’s children, ages 5 and 2, are now staying with relatives, an arrangement that was approved by Delaware County Children and Youth Services, Egan said.

DelcoTimes reports:

When he told her that her husband did not survive the injury, Egan said Michele Wanko grabbed his clothing as she dropped to the floor, sobbing and shaking. She fell with such force that she took him down with her.

“I think the thing that sticks in my mind most is this was senseless and it could have been avoided if they had left the guns alone while drinking,” Egan said.

The couple had been drinking vodka and lemonade since about 9 p.m. Friday when she asked him to show her “how to shoot a handgun in case someone attempted to break into the house,” according to the affidavit, written by Parkside Patrolman Brian McNeill Jr. and Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division Detective Edward Kazlo.

Longtime friend Barry Burnell said, “He was a gun enthusiast but he was also a gun-safety nut. So I just don’t understand how this happened.”

DelcoTimes adds, “Additionally charged with aggravated assault and possessing an instrument of crime, Michele Wanko was preliminarily arraigned by video at Chester Police headquarters Saturday evening. She was released on $250,000 unsecured bail, which was set by Magisterial District Judge Diane Holefelder, the weekend duty judge. A preliminary hearing is scheduled May 1 before Magisterial District Judge C. Walter McCray III.”

Submitted on 04/30/2013

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Freak Out Nation 04/30/2013

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
Thanks, but since she shot him there's no self selection. Besides, idiocy with guns is extremely commonplace.


James said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
As Bruce said!


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