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What police say happened
Paula Kohensky, 60, has been charged with first-degree assault or attempted assault and armed criminal action following the Sunday-night incident. The alleged shooting happened while the man was using an electric grinder to cut a misaligned fence post, according to court documents cited by First Alert 4. Kohensky initially did not come out of her home to speak with officers, but eventually did so about 30 minutes later. She is being held on a $500,000 bond and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on December 2, according to court records. She said she saw her neighbour’s shadow, yelled at him to get away from the fence and claimed the gun accidentally went off while she was holding it, reported First Alert 4 and Hawaii News Now.
She said she decided to walk her dog in the backyard that night and left the house carrying a handgun, it was further reported.
Charles County, Missouri, turned into a criminal case after police said a neighbour fired a gun toward a man repairing a fence. The neighbour’s wife told police that someone had shot at her husband, prompting an investigation. The man told investigators that he had been working on the fence through Sunday evening after a property-line dispute involving him, Kohensky and her husband. He said he brought out an electric grinder to cut a fence post that had been misaligned. He heard yelling while the grinder was running, followed by a countdown from three and then a gunshot, according to the probable cause statement. Kohensky later told police that she had a history of harassment and stalking issues involving the neighbours. Kohensky told police she heard loud metal scraping and saw sparks coming from beneath a tarp covering the fence. Police said surveillance video from the neighbours’ home told a different story. The gun appeared to fire before Kohensky’s husband took it from her, according to the court documents.
A property-line disagreement in St. He ran back inside and asked his wife to call police, as per the report. The footage allegedly showed Kohensky and her husband standing side by side while Kohensky pointed a gun at the fence. The two then went back inside their home.
