Blind Man Holding Food Fatally Shoots Wife
By Associated Press
July 19, 2006, 10:57 PM EDT
MORGANTON, N.C. -- A man who is legally blind accidentally shot and killed his wife while trying to balance a plate of fried chicken and a pistol, authorities said.
Kelly Honeycutt, of Morganton, was moving into a new home with his wife, Norita, on Monday night.
Honeycutt, who found the .38-caliber pistol in a box, shot his wife in the head after she handed him the food, Burke County Sheriff's Sgt. Robert Beall said.
Beall said no charges were filed by investigators, but the case was sent to the county prosecutor's office for a final determination.
Beall said the husband was more than 50 percent blind, had limited movement and was in advanced stages of multiple sclerosis. His wife was his caretaker.
"They had a storybook marriage," Beall said. "No history of domestic violence, no indication of alcohol abuse. It just looks like a case of bad timing while handling a gun."
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By Associated Press
July 19, 2006, 10:57 PM EDT
MORGANTON, N.C. -- A man who is legally blind accidentally shot and killed his wife while trying to balance a plate of fried chicken and a pistol, authorities said.
Kelly Honeycutt, of Morganton, was moving into a new home with his wife, Norita, on Monday night.
Honeycutt, who found the .38-caliber pistol in a box, shot his wife in the head after she handed him the food, Burke County Sheriff's Sgt. Robert Beall said.
Beall said no charges were filed by investigators, but the case was sent to the county prosecutor's office for a final determination.
Beall said the husband was more than 50 percent blind, had limited movement and was in advanced stages of multiple sclerosis. His wife was his caretaker.
"They had a storybook marriage," Beall said. "No history of domestic violence, no indication of alcohol abuse. It just looks like a case of bad timing while handling a gun."
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...62414.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
