Deputies: Husband Accidentally Shoots, Kills Wife

TIPTON COUNTY — Deputies are investigating an accidental shooting involving a married couple that happened Monday evening. At about 6 p.m. on Monday, deputies responded to the 1000 block of Appleberry Road in Munford. Upon arrival, deputies discovered that the victim, Laura Ann Rains, 26 had been shot by her husband, William Christopher Rains, 25. Chris said his wife was handing him a pistol when the weapon discharged striking her once in the head. Laura later died at the MED from her injury. She was a wife of three years and a mother of one child. Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division responded and processed the scene throughout the night.