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Inset: Andrea Graham (Battle Creek Police). Background: The area in Michigan where Graham allegedly killed her husband (Google Maps).
A Michigan woman, aged 31, faces allegations of killing her husband, purportedly after shooting him several times within their home. Andrea Graham was detained on Monday and has been charged with open murder and a felony firearm offense related to the death of her husband, Alan Graham, as per court documents reviewed by Law&Crime.
In a statement released by the Battle Creek Police Department, officers were dispatched to a shooting incident at approximately 4:30 p.m. at a residence located on the 100 block of South Ridgeway Drive, roughly 120 miles west of Detroit.
Upon arrival, first responders discovered a man with visible gunshot wounds in his upper body, as detailed in the police department’s release. Andrea Graham, identified as the woman at the scene, directed officers inside where emergency personnel attempted to revive the man, who was later pronounced dead.
Andrea Graham was subsequently arrested and placed in the Calhoun County Jail while the investigation is ongoing, according to the release.
The Battle Creek Enquirer reported that court documents have shed more light on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
According to the report, investigators said the shooting occurred in the basement hallway, where officers discovered Alan Graham dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
At the scene, Graham allegedly told responding officers she shot her husband during a violent encounter and described her actions in blunt terms, according to a report from Grand Rapids, Michigan, NBC affiliate WOOD.
“I shot him a couple of times to make sure he was out of his misery because I didn’t want him to suffer slowly,” she said.
Investigators recovered a 9 mm pistol and multiple shell casings from different areas of the home, and they found shattered glass from a picture frame on the victim’s body, the report said, suggesting the incident involved movement through several rooms.
Andrea Graham claimed she acted in self-defense, telling authorities her husband had been strangling her when she fired the weapon. Meanwhile, investigators said they did not observe injuries consistent with that claim and found evidence that did not support her account.
She later appeared in Calhoun County Court and entered a not guilty plea, declining to comment on the allegations, according to Kalamazoo, Michigan, CBS and CW affiliate WWMT. Her attorney described her as a stay-at-home mother of two and said she has no prior felony convictions.
Graham is currently being held without bond and is scheduled to return to court on April 22 for a probable cause conference, according to court records.