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Published: 2010-06-02 11:03:00
Updated: 2010-06-02 14:30:36

911 caller: 'I shot my husband'


Ruby Ashworth Gonzalez
Ruby Ashworth Gonzalez
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A woman charged with first-degree murder told emergency dispatchers early Sunday that she killed her husband, according to a 911 call released Wednesday by Garner police.

Ruby Ashworth Gonzalez, 59, is charged with shooting Abundio G. Gonzalez, 48, in their camper parked behind Staples at 1411 Garner Station Blvd. Police said the shooting stemmed from a domestic situation involving another woman.

Ruby Gonzalez told dispatchers she shot her husband after finding him in bed with another woman.

"I told him I'd kill him if I ever caught him," she said in the 911 call, "and he's (expletive) a (expletive) in the bed in my camper. I can't take this."

Ruby Gonzalez told dispatchers she "shot her husband" in the chest 10 to 15 minutes earlier with a gun registered to her. She said a person heard crying in the background of the call was the other woman.

Ruby Gonzalez told dispatchers she had put the gun down and wanted to change out of her nightgown and call her family before authorities arrived.

The call ended when officers arrived and ordered her to "get down on the ground."

Ruby Gonzalez was being held without bond at the Wake County jail.

  • Web Editor: Anne Johnson

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hmmmm.... maybe he should have listened to her when she warned him??

Well I guess she showed him.........

what she did was wrong but i can't help but feel sorry for her...until u have been mentally and emotionally abused u just don't know what u will do....it really can take a toll on you...and she was probably too ashamed to tell anyone about it...we all laugh about it, but she probably really did "snap"...i must say i have been there and honestly if it were not for the grace of God and His mercy I would have lost my mind in the past....im really surprised that i didn't....so please don't judge this lady...what she did was wrong, but none of us know what he put her through

First-degree murder? That means she planned it ahead of time. If she found him cheating on her, became upset, and shot him that's manslaughter.

I wonder if she can get reduced charges for "temporary" insanity?

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