Welcome to Arrest Stories. A thirty-three-year-old Oklahoma man faces first-degree manslaughter charges after his Christmas Day target practice allegedly resulted in the death of a woman sitting on her front porch blocks away. Here's what may have happened.
On December twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-five, in Comanche, Oklahoma, Cody Wayne Adams was conducting target practice in his backyard with what he described as a gun he "bought for himself for Christmas" - a Glock forty-five. Adams was shooting at a Red Bull can when the incident occurred.
Several blocks away, Sandra Phelps was sitting with family members under a covered front porch, holding a child in her left arm while seated on a loveseat. Family members reported hearing five to seven shots over several minutes coming from somewhere north of their home.
According to police reports, Phelps was struck by what appeared to be a single bullet. The projectile hit her in the arm, then traveled into her chest cavity. Before the injury became apparent, Phelps had "commented that someone got a new gun for Christmas" after hearing the gunshots in the distance.
Witnesses reported that Phelps said "ouch" and collapsed shortly after making the comment about the gunfire. The bullet's trajectory took it from Adams' backyard target practice area to the front porch where Phelps was seated with her family.
Adams was subsequently arrested and charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with Phelps' death. His bond was set at one hundred thousand dollars.
The incident highlights the potential dangers of residential target practice, as the bullet traveled multiple blocks from Adams' backyard to the victim's location. Police reports indicate Adams was unaware his target practice had resulted in the fatal shooting until his arrest.
A preliminary hearing for Adams is scheduled for February twenty-sixth, twenty twenty-six.
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