A newly-wed man left his wife traumatised after he shot her in the bum for refusing his plea to have s*x with her after marriage.
Donald Royce has been detained over the incident
A man shocked his wife after by shooting her in the bum because she refused to have s*x with him. According to
Fox4News, police revealed that the 76-year-old new groom admitted committing the crime.
The incident took place after an argument over the couple’s sleeping arrangements. He says they’ve been married since August but have yet to consummate their marriage.
"Holy cow, that's ridiculous. A grown adult having a temper tantrum about sex," Royce's neighbor, April Bailey, said.
The couple’s roommate says she heard two gun shots, and when she went to see what happened, Royce pointed the gun at her. She says she convinced him to let her call to get his wife medical help.
Royce told arriving deputies “I shot her and the gun is in my room.” He later told deputies that he never intended to shoot his wife. He just wanted to scare her by shooting the mattress, and became upset when he realized the gunfire struck her.
His 62-year-old wife was trauma alerted to Lee Memorial Hospital with gunshot wounds to the buttocks and hip. Royce has been charged with Aggravated Battery.
The man's wife is now recovering at home from the two gunshot wounds, and described the situation as a nightmare. She said she and Royce were together for six years before they decided to get married, and she never thought he was capable of doing something like this.