On losing perspective
Ore. woman accused of shooting husband after he shot her pet chicken
12:55 PM PDT on Wednesday, September 6, 2006
By kgw.com and AP Staff
CHESHIRE, Ore. -- A Cheshire woman has been accused of shooting her husband after he shot her pet chicken.
Mary Kay Gray, 58, was jailed on felony assault charges, The Eugene-Register Guard reported.
Her 43-year-old husband, Stanley Gray, is recovering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
The chicken died at the scene.
Lane County sheriff's Sergeant Clint Riley said the couple had been working around their yard and drinking on Labor Day and got into an argument after Stanley Gray shot his wife's pet chicken with a 44-caliber handgun. Police don't know if the shooting was intentional or an accident.
Riley said "it depends on who you ask."
Sheriff's deputies later determined that Gray shot her husband with a 22-caliber rifle in an apparent act of retaliation.