Chicken dies, Wife shoots Hubby

A woman shot her husband in the back after he killed her pet chicken, the Lane County sheriff's deputies said. Deputies said they were sure that Mary Gray, 58, intended to shoot her husband, Stephan Gray, 43. They were not certain if the husband meant to fire at the chicken. "We don't know if it was an accident or if it was on purpose," Sgt. Clint Riley said. "It depends on who you ask."

Riley said the couple had been drinking for much of Monday while they did yard work at their rented home in the town northwest of Eugene, and they began arguing after Stephen Gray shot the chicken with a .44-caliber handgun. Deputies said he was then hit with a shot from a .22-caliber and is recovering. Mary Gray was arraigned on an assault charge.