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From today's Omaha World Herald:
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Although this is a tragic accident, the guy was playing games with a weapon he had just loaded. What did he expect would happen?
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Published Friday February 6, 2009
Court records: Husband shot wife during intruder game
BY LESLIE REED
Omaha World-Herald
LINCOLN — Twenty-one-year-old Josh Beasley was pretending to clear his home of intruders on Saturday when he fired the shot that killed his 20-year-old wife, Alaina, according to court documents filed today.
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Josh and Alaina Beasley
The affidavit, based on Beasley’s interview with a Lincoln police detective on the day of the shooting, was released by Lancaster County Attorney Gary Lacey.
In an interview with the World-Herald, Beasley had said he accidentally shot his wife while cleaning his shotgun.
Josh Beasley’s brother, Dan Beasley, said today that he couldn’t comment on the case.
"He has an attorney, and we were told we basically can’t say anything," Dan Beasley said.
Josh Beasley was scheduled to be arraigned later today on a charge of manslaughter for unintentionally causing his wife’s death.
According to an affidavit written by Lincoln Police Sgt. Greg Sorensen, Beasley told police that he had been working on his 12-gauge shotgun in his living room because he’d been having trouble with the way it ejected shells while using it earlier in the day, according to the affidavit. Family members have said the couple had been skeet shooting at targets earlier that day.
After he finished working on the gun, he loaded it with three rounds, one in the chamber and two in the magazine.
After putting some things away in his bedroom, he said he picked up the gun and began to pretend to clear the home of intruders, something he and his wife had practiced in the past.
He rounded the corner into the kitchen, where his wife was standing near the sink. She pointed her hand at him, pretending to have a gun. According to the affidavit, Beasley said he raised the shotgun to his shoulder and fired one round. He said he had forgotten the gun was loaded.
He said he threw the gun down, went to assist his wife and called 911.
Alaina Beasley’s parents, Ron and Beth Moore, could not be reached for comment.
Alaina Beasley was hit in the right shoulder. An autopsy showed she died of internal injuries caused by a gunshot wound to her upper right chest.
Although this is a tragic accident, the guy was playing games with a weapon he had just loaded. What did he expect would happen?