Columbia teacher charged in husband's death

[Hellsbells]

MT. PLEASANT, Tenn. – A local teacher is behind bars in Maury County, charged with second degree murder in the death of her husband.

Maury Armstrong, Jr., 42, was shot and killed in a wooded area near Arrow Lake in Mt. Pleasant Saturday night.

His estranged wife, 38-year-old Shawn Armstrong, a first grade teacher at Riverside Elementary School in Columbia, is charged with second degree murder.

According to investigators, Armstrong, called 911 and told dispatchers she shot her husband.

Neighbors describe Armstrong as a quiet woman, who never seemed to have any problems.

Okalene Russell lives next door to the Armstrong's home on Hilltop Road in Columbia and had a hard time believing the news.

"Oh God, I mean I'm in shock," she told News 2. I mean I don't know what in the world, what was it about? I just can't believe that's them. I mean that's just that's just horrible."

According to neighbors, the couple lived together in the Columbia home for years and has three children.

Neighbors, however, said in recent months, Shawn Armstrong moved out and that the couple was separated.

Armstrong is being held at the Maury County Jail on $500,000 bond.

http://www.wkrn.com/global/story.asp?s=12021160

[Dakota Valkyrie]

The Maury County teacher who shot and killed her unarmed husband is now a free woman.

A jury found 39-year-old Shawn Armstrong not guilty of voluntary manslaughter. She testified to shooting estranged husband Franklin Armstrong, Jr. with a .38 caliber pistol in February of last year. She said she feared for her life after he followed her to a remote area, beat her and threw her to ground.

The prosecution said deadly force wasn't warranted and her husband was turning to leave when she fired the fatal shot.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15...shooting-death

Maury County teacher acquitted of murdering her husband is back in the classroom.

Shawn Armstrong's teaching license has been reinstated, and she will now be teaching at Horace O. Porter School at College Hill, the county's alternative school.

A jury found her not guilty of murder last month in the shooting death of her estranged husband, Maury Armstrong.

Before her arrest last year, Armstrong taught at Riverside Elementary. She was suspended after her arrest.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15...shooting-death

[Kitty]

Thankfully that is NOT my nephew's school! They live in Columbia.. just moved back there.