Forty-two-year-old Patricia M. Halverson is charged in McDonald County with first-degree attempted murder and armed criminal action for the Dec. 1 shooting of 69-year-old Al C. “Doc” Halverson.
The McDonald County sheriff’s deputy is no longer hospitalized. Prosecutor Bill Dobbs says Patricia Halverson initially reported that her husband had a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
But Dobbs says a thorough investigation didn’t support her claim. The probable cause statement says medical personnel told authorities that the wound didn’t appear to be self-inflicted. Doc Halverson also told authorities he didn’t shoot himself.
Patricia Halverson’s attorney, Duane Cooper, didn’t immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.