BAD FORM: Husband Guns Down Wife In a Case of Mistaken Identity

By John Falkenberg

WINTER GARDEN, FL — A woman was shot multiple times — and could easily have been killed — by an armed husband that failed to properly identify his target.

The husband was not charged, according to the Orlando Sentinel, but he could well have killed her.

As the Orlando Sentinel reports:

The shooting happened just before midnight at a house on the 2300 block of Aurelius Drive owned by Allison and Nathan Simmons, both 31. Neither is currently facing any criminal charges.

According to police, the couple gave matching accounts of what happened before the shooting: They had thought they heard an intruder in the house earlier in the night and searched it while armed with the gun, but didn’t find anyone. About 45 minutes later, Allison Simmons went to the bathroom, using her cell phone as a light to maneuver in the dark.

As she opened the door to exit the restroom, the couple reportedly told police, Nathan Simmons awoke — and, thinking his wife was an intruder, fired at her. Allison Simmons was wounded twice, police said. She was taken to a local hospital and her injuries are not considered life-threatening, Winter Garden police spokesman Lt. Scott Allen said.

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Source:: Concealed Nation