A new bride was shot by her husband only three hours after getting married on the front porch of their home 617 Black street. Saturday at 5pm Richard Brunson 50 shot his wife Laurette Kenny Brunson 38 with a 22 caliber handgun. The incident happened after she threw a plate of wedding reception macaroni at him. An eye witness described the scene this way

The couple had been living together for four or five months before they were married and about 30 relatives and friends attended the wedding. When shots were fired a neighbor called the police. By the time the police arrived the groom was gone. Mrs. Brunson is in St. Luke’s hospital and is in satisfactory condition as she was shot in the abdomen. Police are still on the lookout for Mr. Brunson Another eyewitness describes how he left.