Mr Ferguson referred to as 911 and requested for a paramedic, saying his spouse had been shot.
Los Angeles:
A California decide charged with drunkenly killing his spouse with a gun he saved in an ankle holster allegedly texted a colleague after the capturing to say “I will not be in tomorrow. I will probably be in custody,” a court docket heard Tuesday.
Decide Jeffrey Ferguson had dozens of weapons and 26,000 rounds of ammunition at his home when officers arrived to search out his spouse lifeless from a gunshot wound to the chest, the court docket was informed.
Prosecutors mentioned Ferguson, 72, who sits on Orange County Superior Court docket, smelled strongly of alcohol when he was arrested and informed police, “Nicely, I suppose I am performed for some time.”
A court docket in Los Angeles heard that Ferguson and his spouse, Sheryl, started arguing over dinner at a restaurant close to their residence in an prosperous Anaheim suburb.
Throughout the August 3 dispute, the decide had “pointed his finger at his spouse in a fashion mimicking a firearm,” Orange County Deputy District Legal professional Christopher Alex informed the court docket.
The argument continued at residence, the place Sheryl Ferguson, 65, mentioned “phrases to the impact of: ‘Why do not you level an actual gun at me?'” Alex mentioned.
It was at this level Ferguson “retrieved his pistol from his ankle holster and shot” her within the chest at shut vary.
Ferguson referred to as 911 and requested for a paramedic, saying his spouse had been shot.
When a dispatcher requested if he had fired the weapon, he informed them he didn’t wish to focus on the difficulty on the time, Alex informed the court docket.
After getting off the cellphone, Ferguson texted his court docket clerk and bailiff to say: “I simply misplaced it. I simply shot my spouse. I will not be in tomorrow. I will probably be in custody. I am so sorry,” Alex mentioned.
A search of the home discovered 47 firearms, all legally held.
Ferguson, who has been a decide since 2015, denied having dedicated homicide when he appeared in court docket Tuesday.
Lawyer Paul Meyer informed reporters outdoors court docket: “We wish to be clear this was an unintentional, unintentional capturing and never a criminal offense.”
Ferguson was launched on bail, and ordered to not drink. He’s anticipated to seem in court docket once more on October 30.
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