MEDINA, Ohio - Sheriff's officials in northeast Ohio say a man who shot his 75-year-old wife with birdshot as she sat in a recliner told deputies it was an accident that occurred when he was checking a shotgun to see if it was loaded.

MEDINA, Ohio � Sheriff�s officials in northeast Ohio say a man who shot his 75-year-old wife with birdshot as she sat in a recliner told deputies it was an accident that occurred when he was checking a shotgun to see if it was loaded.



The Medina County Gazette reports the woman was struck in the head Sunday when the shot came through a wall at their home in York Township, near Medina. She was taken to Akron City Hospital, where she remained in serious condition today.



Her 77-year-old husband told deputies he got the gun from a closet because he wanted to use it to scare off geese from a pond on their property, and the weapon went off.



The sheriff�s office says it�s under investigation as an accident.