Accidental shooting
PA Auckland A young Auckland woman r as critically ill in Middlenote Hospital last evening ifter being accidentally shot h the chest by her husband. The woman, aged 22, whose name was not imrnediItely available, was undergoing emergency surgery. Inspector L. F. Beattie, of Dtahuhu, said the accident happened shortly before 9 p.m. as the woman and her
d! husband were packing up I their belongings at the house n !they rented in Great South , (Road, Papakura. : ” The couple had spent much : 1 . of the evening loading their! 1.1 property into a van and tak-j I,'ing it to Howick, where they!' i-jare going to live. i! ■- Inspector Beattie said the); 'husband picked up his .22 h if j calibre rifle. He put the bolt t in the weapon, which then; 9 discharged, the bullet hitting! rithe woman in the chest. !
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