A lady from Arizona, United States, has been arrested after she shot her husband over an argument about getting a divorce, in line with a report in Folks Journal. The Prescott Police Division took to social media and said that the girl, Christina Pasqualetto, has been booked on the costs of first-degree homicide, aggravated assault, forgery and theft.

The incident passed off on September 20 when the 62-year-old lady drove from Gilbert to her outdated residence in Prescott, which she shared together with her husband Jon Pasqualetto. Mr Pasqualetto was the only real resident of the home now because the couple had been separated for months. She arrived on the home shortly earlier than midnight and the couple had a verbal argument about their divorce. Ms Pasqualetto informed the police that she didn’t need a divorce and subsequently shot him whereas he was nonetheless in his mattress.

The 80-year-old man suffered a gunshot to his wrist and was taken to a close-by hospital after which flown to a Phoenix-area hospital for additional therapy of “non-life threatening accidents”. “When he informed her that he nonetheless wished to break up and wasn’t altering his thoughts, she produced a handgun and shot him whereas he was nonetheless in mattress,” the Prescott Police Division said in a press launch.

The police added that after a bodily battle, Mr Pasqualetto “knocked down” the girl and the gun got here out of her hand which helped him escape the home. He reached his neighbour’s home to name the emergency quantity 911. “Throughout that point, the sufferer did strike the suspect along with his fingers and elbows to flee the state of affairs. The sufferer was finally in a position to escape and ran to a neighbour’s home to name 911,” they added.

In keeping with the police, the person claimed that though he had modified the locks on the home earlier than the incident, the keys and “different gadgets” have been lacking. Moreover, he knowledgeable the police that Ms Pasqualetto had “stolen checks and cast a verify for $10,000 a few week prior and cashed it.” When questioned by authorities, the 62-year-old admitted to forgery and theft after a deposit slip matching the transaction was discovered.