Mountain Home woman is facing a felony charge after police say she shot her husband in the arm.
Cassandra Rose Alvarez, 26, has been charged with aggravated battery. She works for the Elmore County Sheriff's Office as a deputy.
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, Cassandra's husband called 911 just after midnight Monday, telling dispatchers his wife had just shot him.
When officers arrived at the couple's home on West 3rd Street North, Alvarez was sitting outside on the curb. Police say she smelled like alcohol and yelled out to the officers that she "did it."
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shot in the upper right arm, until an ambulance arrived. He was taken to a Boise hospital for surgery.
Alvarez admitted shooting her husband, but said she did so in self-defense, according to police. She told police she and her husband had gotten into an argument while watching television, and that she had gotten scared and "defended herself the only way she knew how." She also told police she had been attacked and choked.
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a breath test showed Alvarez's blood alcohol content to be between .24 and .26. She told officers she and her husband had started drinking Sunday afternoon before an argument turned into a "scuffle," and she felt she needed a gun to protect herself.
Alvarez said she went into another room and locked the door before loading a handgun, according to court documents. Sometime after that, her husband came into the room and she shot him in the arm.
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Police say there were no marks on Alvarez's neck to substantiate her claims of being choked. Officers also say the door to the room in which the victim was shot had not been forced open.
Alvarez was arrested and charged with aggravated battery. If convicted, she could face up to 15 years in prison.
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