{"id":356779,"date":"2023-08-16T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/16\/us-judge-shoots-wife-dead-tells-cops-im-done-for-a-while\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T01:40:00","slug":"us-judge-shoots-wife-dead-tells-cops-im-done-for-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/16\/us-judge-shoots-wife-dead-tells-cops-im-done-for-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"US Judge Shoots Wife Dead, Tells Cops “I’m Done For A While”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mr Ferguson called 911 and asked for a paramedic, saying his wife had been shot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A California judge charged with drunkenly killing his wife with a gun he kept in an ankle holster allegedly texted a colleague after the shooting to say “I won’t be in tomorrow. I will be in custody,” a court heard Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Judge Jeffrey Ferguson had dozens of guns and 26,000 rounds of ammunition at his house when officers arrived to find his wife dead from a gunshot wound to the chest, the court was told.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Ferguson, 72, who sits on Orange County Superior Court, smelled strongly of alcohol when he was arrested and told police, “Well, I guess I’m done for a while.”<\/p>\n

A court in Los Angeles heard that Ferguson and his wife, Sheryl, began arguing over dinner at a restaurant near their home in an affluent Anaheim suburb.<\/p>\n

During the August 3 dispute, the judge had “pointed his finger at his wife in a manner mimicking a firearm,” Orange County Deputy District Attorney Christopher Alex told the court.<\/p>\n

The argument continued at home, where Sheryl Ferguson, 65, said “words to the effect of: ‘Why don’t you point a real gun at me?'” Alex said.<\/p>\n

It was at this point Ferguson “retrieved his pistol from his ankle holster and shot” her in the chest at close range.<\/p>\n

Ferguson called 911 and asked for a paramedic, saying his wife had been shot.<\/p>\n

When a dispatcher asked if he had fired the weapon, he told them he did not want to discuss the issue at the time, Alex told the court.<\/p>\n

After getting off the phone, Ferguson texted his court clerk and bailiff to say: “I just lost it. I just shot my wife. I won’t be in tomorrow. I will be in custody. I’m so sorry,” Alex said.<\/p>\n

A search of the house found 47 firearms, all legally held.<\/p>\n

Ferguson, who has been a judge since 2015, denied having committed murder when he appeared in court Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Lawyer Paul Meyer told reporters outside court: “We want to be clear this was an unintentional, accidental shooting and not a crime.”<\/p>\n

Ferguson was released on bail, and ordered not to drink. He is expected to appear in court again on October 30.<\/p>\n

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