PHOENIX (AP) — A Mesa man has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder after shooting his girlfriend last week.
Police say 21-year-old Bernardo Barraza was demonstrating his gun-safety skills in his apartment Friday when 20-year-old Sheila Schurz was shot in the neck. She was flown to Scottsdale Memorial Medical Center Osborn, where she was pronounced dead.
Barraza told police that Schurz had argued about him sleeping with the weapon in his holster. He attempted to prove the weapon was safe the way he carried it by maintaining an empty chamber in the cylinder of the revolver.
Police say Barraza told them that he pulled the hammer back and pulled the trigger. He says a bullet struck Schurz in the neck while she was seated on a couch. He then called 911.
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Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com
