A 68-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her husband after he did not take her to the store was found guilty, the Fulton County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
Ruby Durham was sentenced to life plus five years in prison Thursday evening for killing 60-year-old Leroy Durham, her husband for almost 40 years.
Police said they found Leroy Durham bleeding in his driveway on Feb. 7, 2009 when they responded to call at the couple's southeast Atlanta home. He told the officers that his wife had shot him and was still in the house with the gun, prosecutors said.
The shooting occurred during an argument after Leroy Durham came home and did not take his wife to the store as promised. Authorities said Ruby Durham called her husband a liar, pulled out a gun, and shot him in the back, stomach and leg.
Leroy Durham was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died.
Ruby Durham exited the house, smoked a cigarette and was arrested without incident, prosecutors said.
A jury convicted her on murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and weapons charges.
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