What an idiot! He should have known a satellite cable would never have fit through that size hole.

DEEPWATER, Mo. — Officials are trying to decide whether to file charges against a Missouri man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite TV system in the bedroom of their home.

Patsy Long, 34, of Deepwater, died after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun on Saturday. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired the shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.
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I would love to hear the thought process of this. I imagine it went something like this.

• I gotta watch that game today.
• I’m not an idiot. I don’t need to wait for an installer, I can do it myself.
• Damn, this drill isn’t working. Maybe I should make a trip to the hardware store, or maybe a neighbor has a tool I could borrow.
• Screw it, that would take me another 15 minutes.
• What else do I have around here to put a hole in the wall?
• Ah ha, my gun. I’ve been wanting to use this, and it’ll be faster than that damn drill too.
• BANG! - huh, I don’t think that one made it through… BANG! Ah ha, I can see outside.

Also the son ran to the neighbors for help. Why didn’t he run upstairs and tell Dad he just shot Mom and she needs help?

The neighbor Mark Lassince said - “bad things happen to good people”
I think he should have said - good people make bad decisions too.

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