71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER REPORTEDLY BEING SHOT BY HER HUSBAND

An elderly woman is in critical condition after reportedly being shot by her husband in Washington County, Virginia. The Washington County Sheriff's Office reports that 56-year-old James Christopher Barnett called 911 Thursday morning to say that he accidentally shot his wife. The sheriff's office executed a search warrant at the home on Watauga Road off of Highway 58 where the shooting occurred and took Barnett into custody. He has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. His 71-year-old wife was taken to the Johnson City Medical Center to be treated for her injuries and the latest information was that she was in critical condition. 

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