MOSCOW, June 23 (RIA Novosti) – The wife of a factory co-owner, who was killed earlier this month with a shot to his back, has confessed to shooting him with a crossbow while he was fixing a gazebo at their home in southern Russia, a law enforcement official said Saturday, adding that the couple fought regularly throughout their seven-year marriage and had gotten into an argument earlier that day.
According to the Investigative Committee, the 46-year-old businessman, who had been shot in the rib cage, died at the couple’s home in the Volgograd Region on June 9, before paramedics could arrive at the scene. The wife called emergency services requesting police and an ambulance. It was earlier considered that the man could have been shot by a sniper.
The widow has written her confession and has been detained, Investigative Committee spokeswoman Nataliya Kunitskaya told RIA Novosti. A criminal case has been opened on allegations of illegal acquisition of a weapon as well as murder, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The widow’s name has not been released.
