Tualatin Police announced Tuesday that Kim Osbrink, a decorated Marine's wife, died Sunday night in her Tualatin home after her husband's gun unintentionally discharged while he was practicing drawing it from his holster.

Officers arrived at the home of Kim and Ryan Osbrink at 10:30 p.m. to find the husband trying to revive his wife, according to Capt. Jeff Groth of the Tualatin Police Department. Medics then rushed her to OHSU, where she later died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said.

Ryan Osbrink was practicing drawing his pistol when it discharged as his wife entered the room, striking her in the abdomen area, police said. He'd recently signed an employment offer with the Clark County Sheriff's Office and his first day of employment was to be December 19. Osbrink's hiring is delayed now, pending the outcome of a of the investigation.

Ryan Osbrink shot his wife with an H & K model USP, .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol. He hadn't yet been issued any weapons from the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

When police have finished their investigation of the shooting, they will forward their findings to the Washington County District Attorney's Office for review.

Kim Osbrink - who managed a pet services company in West Linn - is described by friends as compassionate with a special love and skill with pets. They've started to comment on her death on her MySpace page. She was reportedly very proud of her husband, Ryan Osbrink, a 24-year-old decorated veteran of the Iraq war. She says on her MySpace profile that she's been happily married for three years and calls him her hero "for everything he has done and everything he will do."

Ryan Osbrink could not be reached for comment, but past media reports from Iraq featured him ducking sniper fire and fighting along with his fellow soldiers. In June 2006, Ryan Osbrink was awarded a Bronze Star for "courageous actions" in the line of duty when he braved fire to aid an injured Iraqi soldier. Friends said he'd recently been promoted from corporal to sergeant.

-Kate Taylor