A man in Memphis shot his wife in the stomach and then drove her to the hospital — but he stopped to pick up a beer along the way, according to local officials.
Decarlo Pitchford, 51, pulled the gun on his wife when they got into an argument on July 19 at their Southwest Memphis home after the woman threatened to leave him.
“I told you stop playing with me,” he allegedly said before pulling the trigger of his Ruger 9 mm handgun.
Pitchford popped one shot into her abdomen and then played the role of dutiful husband and drove her towards Methodist University Hospital in his Dodge Ram.
On the way to the emergency room, Pitchford stopped to pick himself up a beer, according to a Shelby County District Attorney’s Office Facebook post for their Case of the Day.
Police didn’t say exactly where he stopped or for how long, nor did they specify the brand of beer or size of the purchase.
Pitchford told police that he thought the gun was jammed and fired it accidentally, but the victim stated the shooting was intentional, according to the police report.
He was charged with attempted murder in the second degree, domestic assault, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and theft of property, court records show. There is no report of whether or not the couple has reconciled since the “incident”.
Steve Gill is Publisher of TriStar Daily.
