MACOMB, Okla. (KFOR) – A girl has been arrested after allegedly taking pictures and killing her husband in February.
Authorities say 38-year-old Katie Lee shot her husband, James Lee, as soon as within the chest.
Investigators say Katie stored altering her story.
“She informed a number of tales,” mentioned Undersheriff J.T. Palmer with the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Workplace.
At one level, she mentioned the gun went off by itself, and at one other level, mentioned there was home violence.
Officers say Katie moved the safety cameras within the residence and hid a DVR that had the footage.
“After we lastly truly received to see the tape, it tells an entire completely different story,” Palmer mentioned.
Authorities discovered the DVR “hidden in a laundry basket.”
Investigators say the footage confirmed a flash from the gunshot, however didn’t present James attacking her.
“You’ll be able to see the place the gun goes off based mostly on the place she’s standing and the place he is standing, and there was no threats at the moment or any time throughout that night time,” Palmer mentioned.
Court docket information say based mostly on the video, “not one of the household seem to have interaction in aggressive, confrontational, or hostile conduct towards one another.”
Based on investigators, Katie’s 18-year-old son ran exterior and threw the gun his mother used right into a pond.
The affidavit says he “did not know what occurred” when he heard the gunshot.
“We truly discovered the gun fairly simply within the pond,” Palmer mentioned.
It is going to be as much as the District Legal professional to resolve if Katie’s son will face fees.
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