A husband accidentally shoots and kills his wife in Labette County.

Labette County Deputies and Kansas Wildlife and Parks officers responded to the Grand Osage Wildlife Area for the incident. The husband, Derek Hall, says after finishing deer hunting, he and his wife, Christina Hall, returned to their vehicle. The husband says that he laid his rifle down on the back seat of their pickup and attempted to unload it, when he took the rifle off of safety it went off, striking his wife.

EMS transported Christina to Labette Health, were she passed away.