It's going to be rough. The killing was the seventh of the year in Sacramento County. Emergency operators received a call at about 1 p.m. from a man who said he had accidentally shot his wife in their McKinney Way home and believed she was dead, said Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. The gun was a .38-caliber revolver, according to police, who also found hunting rifles locked in a gun safe in the home. There was no indication of alcohol or drug use by either the suspect or the victim, police said.
Police records show no prior history of domestic violence.
Typically, only one shot is fired in accidental shootings, he said. Pamela Petterson was pronounced dead at UC Davis Medical Center shortly after the shooting. Alan Petterson was booked on an open count of murder Tuesday evening and was being held without bail at the county jail. He has hired a private attorney to represent him. Kimball said Pamela Petterson spoke of separation or divorce and called her husband jealous.