GRANITE FALLS, Wash. -- Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man who
said he accidentally shot his girlfriend to death with a gun they used
during foreplay.

Snohomish County sheriff spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said the man called
911 early Sunday morning to report that the 22-year-old woman had been
shot.

Deputies found the woman dead inside the home in the 23200 block of
134th Street NE when they arrived about 5:40 a.m.

The 25-year-old man told investigators that he and his girlfriend had
been drinking heavily at a party the night before, and insisted the
shooting was an accident, Hover said.

The couple's two young children were asleep on a different bed in the
room at the time of the shooting.

Hover said police records show three domestic violence incidents
between the couple since 2007.

The man was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of
first-degree manslaughter.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.


The model American family. Mother dead, father in jail for negligent
homicide. Two kids into foster care if they don't have family willing
to step up.