The Butler County sheriff says the shooting of a Potwin man by his wife Sunday afternoon wasn't an accident, even though they both said it was.
The woman, 31-year-old Brooke Longobardi, called 911 Sunday afternoon, saying she'd accidentally shot her husband, 49-year-old Richard Longobardi.
Dispatchers walked her through first aid for the wound until EMS crews arrived. He was then flown to a Wichita hospital in critical condition.
He gave a statement saying the shooting was accidental, too.
But after detectives talked to the couple's four children, who were home at the time, and neighbors, they said that wasn't quite the case.
Sheriff Kelly Herzet tells Eyewitness News that according to witnesses, the couple was in a heated argument over the children when Brooke Longobardi pulled out a gun and fired it several times. He says she hit her husband in the back in the upper left shoulder once.
Deputies are now holding her on aggravated battery charges while the investigation continues. The couple's four children, ages four to 13, are staying with family members.
Yeah, doesn't sound like a accident to me either. And it does sound like he was trying to protect her too.
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