ALASKA NIGHTLIFE REPORT

Michael Hetherington, 26, apparently told the troopers he and the woman were drunk at a party and that he punched her "to knock her out so that she would stop behaving in a manner of which he disapproved," troopers said in a dispatch posted online.  Hetherington allegedly told troopers that when drove the woman home from the party, he still needed to "blow off some steam," so he got a .45 caliber handgun and shot his SUV about 50 times, troopers said.

(Thanks to Mark Buckley)

Comments

[Omniskeptic]

"...shot holes in his own vehicle after punching his wife ..."

At least he didn't get it backwards. He might have hurt his fist if he had.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Kalskag man punches wife, shoots his own SUV

...as is his Constitutional right, surely.

[Steve]

1972 Pinto and 1985 Dodge.
Those are the cars I'd have shot with great glee.
I've never had a wife I'd hit, so he has me with that.
Two Pintos. We had two and I would have shot both.

[Omniskeptic]

"... A rusty old Pinto that I got for free,
Those are the cars I'd have shot with great glee."

Just a few rhymes short of a theme song for that cloned Austrian village, Steve.

[nursecindy]

He hit his wife? If he's ever in Shelby I know a lady I'd like for him to meet.

[MikeyVA]

Ok so he beat up his wife, then shot his car.

Nursecindy, a candidate for a "special" bikini wax???

[mazar larry]

50 rounds? I would have thought he was too drunk to reload.

[Ralph]

The road in Kalskag is only two miles long; the only way to drive out of there is on the river in the winter. Vehicle maintenance in such communities is pretty much do-it-yourself. If he aimed properly, his SUV now has air-conditioning, but his wife may want to redecorate the interior.

[wiredog]

Flathead County is on high alert.

[Meanie the Blue]

He fell into that old "Do you still shoot your SUV?" trap.

[MAC]

Hasn't this guy heard of roofies?