{"id":95050,"date":"2023-08-08T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=95050"},"modified":"2023-08-08T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T22:35:01","slug":"95050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=95050","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdrb.com\/news\/crime-reports\/indiana-police-say-salem-woman-shot-and-killed-man-as-he-held-gun-to-husbands\/article_a6d66040-35fd-11ee-9aea-8f5e04a88c13.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana police say Salem woman shot and killed man as he held gun to husband&#8217;s head<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) &#8212; Police said a southern Indiana woman shot and killed a man who was holding a gun to her husband&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release from Indiana State Police, the Washington County Sheriff&#8217;s Department said the incident started around 6:30 p.m. Monday in the 7700 block of Organ Springs Road in Salem when officers responded to a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p>Police said officers found 45-year-old Michael Chastain in the front yard with a gunshot wound. He was taken to Saint Vincent Hospital in Salem, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Chastain drove through the front yard, grabbed the homeowner, forced him to the ground and pointed a gun at his head. The homeowner&#8217;s wife saw it happen and shot Chastain with her handgun.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation continues, and the case will eventually be turned over to the Washington County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators with Indiana State Police told WDRB News that Chastain is well-known in the area, and has a criminal background. He dated the homeowner&#8217;s daughter, but she no longer lives at the home, so police aren&#8217;t sure why he targeted her father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana police say Salem woman shot and killed man as he held gun to husband&#8217;s head LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) &#8212; Police said a southern Indiana woman shot and killed a man who was holding a gun to her husband&#8217;s head. According to a news release from Indiana State Police, the Washington County Sheriff&#8217;s Department said &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=95050\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95051,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95050\/revisions\/95051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}