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New Jersey Man Charged After 'Freak' Death of Wife in Airgun Shooting
4 January 2009
Newsday (New York) / Record of Bergen County
WEST MILFORD, New Jersey — A West Milford man has been charged with reckless manslaughter after fatally shooting his wife with a pellet gun.
Police say it looks like a "freak accident."
Authorities say Frank McDonald used the pellet gun to shoot squirrels in his yard. He called police around 10 a.m. Saturday after his 44-year-old wife, Cheryl, was hit by a pellet.
She later died from the wound.
Frank McDonald is being held on bail of $150,000. If he's... (GunPolicy.org)