Hugo, Oklahoma

From Amarillo’s NewsChannel10.com of October 20, 2006

Wife of liquor store owner shoots robber

Police say the wife of a liquor store owner shot an armed robber in the shoulder with her pistol and when that didn't stop him, she fired a shotgun blast at his midsection.

Guy Buck was flown to a hospital after the shooting last night and remains in critical condition.

Police arrived just after Sheila Almond wounded him with a shotgun blast.

It turned out he was armed with a plastic air gun.

From Oklahoma City’s KFOR.com of February 19, 2007

Woman, robber both recovering from shooting

A woman who shot a robber in the gut with a shotgun as he reached for money from the cash register at her liquor store says it took her almost two months to recover emotionally from the incident.

Sheila Almond says she first shot 50-year-old Guy Wade Buck in the shoulder with a shoulder (sic) with a pistol.

When that didn't persuade Buck to stop the October 19th robbery attempt, she told a worker at the store to "Bring me Baby," which was the nickname she had for her shotgun.

The 59-year-old Almond laid the shotgun on the store counter and pulled the trigger. Buck suffered injuries to his colon, kidney, liver and lung from the blast.

He wasn't expected to live, and he remains on a ventilator and can't talk.

Choctaw County Assistant District Attorney Joe Watkins says authorities are waiting to see whether Buck survives before determining whether or not to file charges against him.

In the meantime, Almond's beloved shotgun remains with law enforcement officials, because it is evidence.