Tammy Sexton shot in head by husband, makes a cup of tea
April 18, 2009 08:52am
A WOMAN shot in the forehead at close range by her estranged husband got out of bed, made herself a cup of tea, then asked an attending police officer if he would like a drink.
Tammy Sexton, 47, remains in stable condition three days after her husband Donald Ray Sexton fired on her at their home in rural Jackson County in Southeast Mississippi. Mr Jackson shot himself dead after the attack on his wife.
"There's no way she should be alive other than a miracle from God," said Sheriff Mike Byrd of Jackson County, Mississippi told the Associated Press.
"She was at her bed, and he shot her right in the head. Then he went out on the back porch and shot himself."
Police said a relative ran to a neighbour’s house to get help when Mr Sexton showed up at the house early on Tuesday morning. An officer arrived within minutes – but by then the slug from a .380-caliber handgun had struck Tammy Sexton squarely in the forehead, passed through her skull and exited through the back of her head..
"When the officer got there she said, 'What's going on?' She was holding a rag on her head and talking. She was conscious, but she was confused about what had happened," Mr Byrd said. "She had made herself some tea and offered the officer something to drink."
Byrd said the bullet apparently passed through the lobes of the woman's brain without causing major damage. She was rushed to a Mobile hospital by helicopter and is expected to fully recover.
Mr Byrd said police had been looking for Ms Sexton's husband earlier in the week to give him a document ordering him to stay away from his wife. Court records show he was put on probation for six months on April 9 for domestic violence.
Medical journals confirm people have been shot in the head with little or no lasting injury.
"It's bizarre. You just don't hear of something like this. Somebody gets shot in the head and they're dead," Mr Byrd said.
shame shame...
