Consequence Of A Very Bad Decision
What the heck was this woman thinking :( :( Why did she decide
to shoot at all? :confused:
Police: Shooter Killed Woman While Aiming For Dog
Victim Was Chasing Animal, Authorities Say
POSTED: 5:54 pm EST November 23, 2007
WADESVILLE, Ind. -- A woman who was chasing her dog was fatally shot by a neighbor after the dog ran through the neighbor's property, police said.
Posey County Sheriff James Folz said Melinda Lindauer apparently was trying to shoot the dog, which had ventured on her property near Wadesville, about 15 miles northwest of Evansville. Instead, the bullet struck 29-year-old Nicole Stroud, who was visiting her grandmother's home Thursday.
Stroud was pronounced dead at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Deputies arrested Lindauer on preliminary charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide. She was being held in the Posey County Jail on Friday. No court date had been set.
When deputies arrived at the shooting, they found Stroud in the back yard, surrounded by onlookers as volunteer firefighters performed CPR.
"It was just a really bad scene," Folz said.
Posey County deputies detained and questioned the suspect and her husband, Lonnie Lindauer. Deputies said they found a handgun on a bed in the couple's bedroom.
The Lindauers live directly behind Stroud's grandmother.
Folz said there's no evidence Lindauer was shooting at Stroud, but the incident still was under investigation.
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