Adult Injury Ongoing Investigation Utah

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020

A Provo, Utah woman is in critical condition after being accidentally shot by her husband.   He had woken in the night and mistaken her for a burglar.  According to a police detective, ““[h]e had heard some noise in the house, gotten up from bed still tired but he suspected it was a burglar. He grabbed a gun, ended up seeing a light and fired two shots.” 

There is an ongoing investigation to determine “if the man announced himself prior to firing the shots.”

Source:

Ryne Williams, “Provo Man Shoots Wife Mistaking her for Burglar,”  Daily Herald (October 20, 2020).

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