SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas woman heating fish sticks was shot in the leg by a gun that had been stashed in her oven, police said.
Roxanne Perez, 29, was taken to a local hospital where she was in good condition, police said Friday.
They said a friend of hers had hidden the .357 caliber handgun in the stove two weeks earlier without telling her after she told him no guns were allowed in her house.
When Perez heated up the fish sticks she also heated up the gun, which caused several rounds to be fired. One hit her in the leg.
No charges have been filed because the shooting was accidental, police said.
posted on March 30, 2004 04:06:37 AM new
Stupid, I agree. But, maybe checking the oven is a good idea before turning it on? That's a habit for me since my kids (when they were much younger) used to hide dirty pans in the oven so they wouldn't have to wash them. They soon learned it was easier to wash them when they were dirtied than when they sat in the oven for two or three days! Still, even though this was an accident, the person who hid the gun in the oven should face some kind of charges. It was negligent on his part. What a dope!
