Marion, La (2-9-16) A Marion area resident was airlifted to a Shreveport hospital Monday night after accidentally shooting herself in the upper chest with a small caliber pistol. During the investigation, Union Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested her boyfriend on three felony charges.
Sheriff Dusty Gates said Rashonda Dixon of 205 McKinnie Drive, Apt. 20, Marion, was reported in stable condition at University Health Center-Shreveport. She reportedly was unloading the pistol when the accident occurred.
The sheriff said 911 was contacted by Dixon about 7:45 p.m. Monday that she had shot herself and needed help. A Marion police officer found Dixon inside her car on the side of a road. She had attempted to drive herself to the hospital.
Dixon told deputies that she had left the door open to her apartment and that her boyfriend was not at home when the shooting occurred.
When deputies arrived at the apartment with permission from Dixon to retrieve the handgun, the apartment was locked so deputies got the manager’s key for entry. They found Aaron Deshun Traylor, 27, hiding inside.
Deputies said the scene appeared to have been altered and the pistol was missing. After being read his rights, Traylor admitted that he had disposed of the gun by placing it inside an empty cereal box and throwing it in the trash. The spent cartridge was found in the commode.
A background check of Traylor revealed he was a convicted felon. Also found inside the apartment was 10 grams of marijuana and a grinder commonly used to grind marijuana.
Traylor was booked into the Union Parish Detention Center on felony charges of possession of a firearm by the convicted felon, obstruction of justice, and possession of marijuana-second offense. He also was booked on the misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia with bond of $750. Bonds on the three felony counts had not been set Tuesday.
Traylor had been previously convicted for simple burglary on two different occasions and simple possession of marijuana.
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Woman shot by mistake after husband aims for dog, Fort Wayne Police say
Fort Wayne, In (2-10-16) A woman learned she had been accidentally shot by her husband during a fight between their two dogs when she went to the hospital – after first seeking medical treatment for her dogs, according to a Fort Wayne Police report.
Officers responded at 2:43 p.m. Monday at a local hospital's emergency room. There the woman said she tried to break up a fight between her German shepherd and pit bull, according to the report. The woman said she was giving her dogs their medication. They began fighting and she could not get them to stop, causing her to receive multiple bites from both dogs. The woman said her husband shot the pit bull, according to the report.
A friend helped the woman take the two dogs to the animal hospital, where the veterinarian declared the pit bull dead and said the German shepherd needed to have surgery. They then went to a walk-in clinic for the woman's injuries. She was told to go to the hospital emergency room. Once at the hospital, the woman complained her foot hurt more than her arm, and an X-ray revealed she had been shot in the foot.
Officers later interviewed the husband at their home in the 1900 block of Cremer Avenue off Lima Road. The husband said he heard a commotion earlier that morning and when he got to the kitchen, he saw his wife between the two dogs as well as blood everywhere. He asked her if she wanted him to shoot the pit bull, and she said yes; he fired a shot, but the pit bull did not react, according to the report. After the second shot, the dog ran into a different room. The man said he was unaware he had shot his wife until she called him from the emergency room, according to the report.
Police found the handgun was properly licensed. The incident also was cleared by Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control.
http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/crime/Woman-shoFort Waynet-by-mistake-after-husband-aims-for-dog--Fort-Wayne-Police-say
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