US EditionWoman Dies on Christmas, Struck by Bullet From Man Doing Target Practice Nearby, Police Say
Cody Wayne Adams fired practice rounds without a proper backstop, causing a stray bullet that killed Sandra Phelps on her porch, authorities said.
- On Thursday, Sandra Phelps, a Stephens County resident, was sitting under a covered front porch in Comanche when a single bullet struck her as she held a baby.
- Cody Wayne Adams was target practicing in his backyard when investigators found several spent casings and a Red Bull can and located one home less than a mile away lacking a suitable backstop.
- Neighbors heard five to seven rounds over several minutes, and investigators observed emergency lights aligned with the shooting angle, according to the affidavit.
- Authorities arrested Cody Wayne Adams and charged him with first-degree manslaughter; at his initial court appearance on Friday, his bond was set at $100,000, court records show.
- According to the affidavit, the victim commented that `someone got a new gun for Christmas` and then shortly after said `ouch` and collapsed, the Stephens County Sheriff's Office posted on social media and local Oklahoma reports noted.
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Man Accused of Fatally Shooting Woman, Who Was Sitting on a Porch Blocks Away, During Backyard Target Practice
Cody Adams, 33, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Sandra PhelpsStephens County Sheriff's Office Cody Wayne AdamsNEED TO KNOWAn Oklahoma man, who was doing target practice in his backyard on Christmas Day, is accused of shooting and killing an elderly woman a few blocks awayCody Wayne Adams, 33, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Sandra PhelpsPhelps was seated on a cover…
US man doing target practice with gun he got as Christmas gift arrested for fatally shooting woman
Adams had bought a Glock 45 pistol as a Christmas gift for himself. He was shooting at a Red Bull can for some practice rounds in his backyard when one of the bullets went astray.
An elderly woman was sitting on her porch with an infant in her arms when she was shot dead out of nowhere. The bullet turned out to come from Cody Wayne Adams, 33, who was test-firing his new gun he had bought for himself as a Christmas present.
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