Police say Barbara Sheehan confessed to killing her retired cop husband in their Howard Beach home, saying, "I shot him. I shot him. I think he's dead." Sheehan, charged with second-degree murder, pleaded not guilty and was held without bail.
Sheehan allegedly shot her husband Raymond, who retired as a sergeant in the NYPD in 2002 and had been working at UBS in security, Monday morning using two of his guns, a Glock and .38-caliber revolver. The Daily News reports she allegedly fired 11 rounds, which "injured his lungs, aorta, liver, stomach, intestines, spinal cord, heart and major blood vessels." She also called her sister, telling her she killed her husband, and also told the UPS deliveryman who had arrived, "He's dead. He wanted to go to Florida, and I did not want to go."
Her lawyer said Barbara Sheehan feared for her life and that her husband had abused her, telling a judge, "The decedent, your honor, was in fact the aggressor." Police do not have any records of domestic violence, but neighbors said she was seen with bruises and they, as well as family members, say she was punched in the face shortly before the shooting.
