Thursday, October 8, 2009

"Daddy Shot Mommy!"


"LEBANON, PA - A Lebanon woman who gained national notoriety last year as a champion of Second Amendment rights after she brought her loaded handgun to her 5-year-old daughter's soccer game was shot and killed Wednesday night in an apparent murder-suicide.

"Meleanie Hain, 31, and her husband, Scott Hain, 33, were pronounced dead by Lebanon County coroner Dr. Jeffrey Yocum shortly after 8:30 p.m. after a two-hour standoff with police outside their home at Second Avenue and East Grant Street. The episode ended quietly when police entered the house after trying to make contact with anyone inside.

"No cause of death was announced, and autopsies were scheduled for today, said Yocum.

"Lebanon police Chief Daniel Wright was guarded with information as detectives began the preliminary stages of the investigation late Wednesday night. He acknowledged that the Hains were both found dead and had suffered gunshot wounds inside their 1 ½-story brick home in a quiet neighborhood in Lebanon's southside. He would not provide any additional details, other than to say that police do not feel any other people were involved.

"District Attorney David Arnold, who was at the scene, refused to comment.

"Several neighbors said they heard or saw the couple's children run from the house screaming, `Daddy shot Mommy!` shortly before the 911 Center was called at 6:20 p.m.

"The children, 2- and 6-year-old girls and a 10-year-old boy, were in the care of a neighbor and were unhurt, said Wright."


Source: Lebanon Daily News...

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