By Jay Reeves
The Virginian-Pilot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday.
Tammy Sexton, 47, remained hospitalized three days after being wounded by her husband, who killed himself after he shot his wife. She is expected to fully recover.
“There’s no way she should be alive other than a miracle from God,” said Sheriff Mike Byrd of Jackson County, Miss.
Sexton’s husband, Donald Ray Sexton, showed up at their home about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday and confronted his wife as a relative ran next door to call police, the sheriff said.
The slug from a .380-caliber handgun struck Tammy Sexton squarely in the forehead, passed through her skull and exited through the back of her head, Byrd said. A deputy arrived within minutes and was greeted by the woman.
“When the officer got there she said, ‘What’s going on?’ She was holding a rag on her head and talking. She was conscious, but she was confused about what had happened,” he said. “She had made herself some tea and offered the officer something to drink.”
The sheriff said the bullet apparently passed through the lobes of the woman’s brain without causing major damage.
Copyright 2009 Landmark Communications, Inc.
All Rights Reserved