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Man shoots 'intruder,' finds she's his wife
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3:33 AM
By Holly Zachariah
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
When Marion police arrived at the house on N. Prospect Street, they found a man huddled next to his wife on the floor in the doorway to their bedroom.
He had a bath towel pressed against her bleeding side. A shotgun lay on the floor.
Marion County Commissioner Josh Daniels, 36, told authorities that he mistook his wife for an intruder, and that the shooting Monday night was an accident. Police say they agree but will follow standard procedure and have the city prosecutor review the case, Maj. Bill Collins said.
Danielle Daniels, 25, was listed in fair condition at Grant Medical Center in Columbus yesterday, her right side and arm full of holes from a round of buckshot.
Her husband, a first-term commissioner and former chairman of the Marion County Democratic Party, called 911 at 10:41 p.m. Monday. Dispatchers could hear Mrs. Daniels in the background, yelling that it was an accident, according to the police report.
Mrs. Daniels told police that she had slipped out of bed to take allergy medication.
Her husband said he awoke when he heard a loud noise that sounded as if someone was kicking in a door.
He said he then saw a person's silhouette at his bedroom door. He rolled over, grabbed a loaded shotgun from the corner of the room and fired once from his bed.
"He heard his wife scream, dropped the gun and ran to her," Officer Mark Elliott wrote in his report.
Mr. Daniels told police that he suspected a break-in because he lives in a bad neighborhood. Police said yesterday that they wouldn't characterize the area that way.
Elliott noted in the report that every light in the house was on when officers arrived, including the porch light and those in the hallway, bedroom, living room, home office, kitchen and laundry room. He also wrote that an unopened bottle of water was next to Mrs. Daniels.
Mr. Daniels, a Navy veteran who owns a construction company, took office in January.
Fellow Commissioner Ken Frayer said Daniels left a voice mail for the office, saying that he had a medical emergency and wouldn't be at yesterday's meeting.
"It's just a tragic accident, and we wish them both all the best," Frayer said.
hzachariah@dispatch.com