Former police chief indicted in wife's shooting

[alp227]

Source: WSB-TV Atlanta

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. —

A grand jury has indicted the former Peachtree City police chief on a reckless conduct charge.

William McCollom admitted to shooting his wife, Maggie, on New Year’s Day. He called 911 and told the operator he’d just accidentally shot her while they were in bed.

“The gun was in the bed,” William McCollom said on the 911 call. “(I) went to move it, put it to the side, then it went off.”

McCollom told police his barking dog woke him up so he got his gun and checked the house. He then went back to bed and put the pistol under the sheets.

Read more: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/former-police-chief-indicted-wifes-shooting/nkt5J/

[libdem4life]

1. Riiiiiiiight. No Sh###. Don't we all take our guns to bed to fondle next to our spouse?

[womanofthehills]

2. A women in my aerobics class sleeps with a gun under her pillow

I guess there's a lot of paranoid people out there.

[rocktivity]

3. Under a pillow is one thing, but "under the sheets"?

and by a chief of police who should know better? Did they at least determine the trajectory of the bullet, or was the chief's resignation punishment enough?


rocktivity

[7962]

4. Well, THAT took awhile. But I thought it was going to be swept under the rug. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. exactly

[Sienna86]

6. Should be murder. The system has failed.

This has taken a long time.

[crim son]

7. His wife isn't dead.

But she is paralyzed from the waist down.

[MADem]

8. Actually, this is QUICK. And the victim is not dead.

I have a relative that was killed by a reckless driver a year and a half ago. We've been to court a dozen times, and it's been nothing but one delay after another. The DA's office tells us we'll be lucky if we see anything done in the next six months, absent a plea deal.

In an odd twist, I met that Peachtree City DA when he was in private practice. He was a very capable lawyer. I was quite surprised to see that he's the DA now!