Police: Woman High On Meth Kills Husband Mistaken For Intruder
KNOX DALE, Pa. (AP) - Police say a central Pennsylvania woman high from smoking methamphetamine fatally shot her husband after mistaking him for an intruder.
Thirty-one-year-old Trista Zickefoose, of Knox Township, was in the Jefferson County Jail Tuesday on a charge of criminal homicide.
Police say she shot 40-year-old Greg Zickefoose at their duplex apartment about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh about 11:40 p.m. Sunday.
Police say the couple had argued after smoking the drug together and that Trista Zickefoose, at some point, heard a noise which she believed to be an intruder.
Grabbing a 9mm pistol she kept under her pillow, she fired a warning shot.
Police say her husband realized what was happening and tried to take the gun from her, but she shot him in the chest
Court records don't list a defense attorney.
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