Original Blog Entry: Man shoots wife in back with toilet paper

truesee — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:24:55 GMT

Shot His Wife In The Back

Mark Childrey

Reidsville News

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 19:00

A Reidsville, NC, area man was arrested after shooting his wife with a black powder gun and burbing her.

Early this morning, 38-year-old Lonnie Irvin Pinnix of 951 Garrison Road in Reidsville was charged with Assault With A Deadly Weapon. His bond was set at $1,000, and his court date is August 11.

It all began this morning at 1:49 that s when deputies responses to 951 Garrison Road near Reidsville the home of Darlene and Lonnie Pinnix. When deputies spoke to Darlene Pinnix she was lying in bed crying and in severe pain.

She said she had come home about 12:15 to find her husband, Lonnie, agitated so she went to bed. Darlene Pinnix said that Lonnie insisted she get out of bed but before she could get up, he fired the weapon, striking her in the back.

The report from the Sheriff s Office says that Pinnix suffered a powder burn from the close contact gunshot so she was taken to the hospital for treatment. The Sheriff s Office report goes on to say that Lonnie Pinnix claims to have loaded the pistol with toilet paper rather than a bullet and shot his wife because she would not leave.

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