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POTTER VALLEY

Woman tries to kill mice, shoots self

Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.



A Potter Valley woman wounded herself and a man July 3 while attempting to kill mice with a .44-caliber Magnum revolver, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

The woman, 43, had drawn the gun from a holster under her left arm, intending to shoot mice scurrying across the floor of a small travel trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The revolver instead slipped from her hand and fired as it struck the floor, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The bullet went through the woman's right kneecap, then hit keys hanging on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer, officials said. The bullet glanced off the keys and tore a hole in the man's pants.

The bullet grazed the man's groin before stopping in his coin pocket, where it was recovered for evidence, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The names of the shooting victims were not released.

-- Glenda Anderson

troutnut wrote:

The names of the shooting victims were not released.

-- Glenda Anderson

To protect the STOOOPID no doubt. What the HECK was she doing with a round in the chamber??

I wanna know why she was carrying a handgun in a holster under her left arm in the trailer!

TN, haven't you ever heard of sharpening your shooting skills practicing on mice? A moving target, etc is no excuse for dropping her handgun though. The money spent on the pistola and holster could have bought quite few mouse traps in order to rid her of the problem. I want to know who pays for the knee surgery if she is lacking health insurance coverage. Too bad the article didn't include photos of her target and knee after the incident.

Photographer probably didn't have a "wide angle" lense!