By Palm Beach & Broward Mugshots
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — An attempted-murder charge filed against a Kansas woman accused of sh00ting her husband in the chest during an argument was later reduced to two misdemeanor firearm charges, according to published reports.
Jacqueline King, then 31, was arrested in October 2024 after Escambia County sheriff’s deputies responded to a sh00ting at the Fairfield Inn on Via De Luna Drive in Pensacola Beach.
Deputies reportedly found King’s husband suffering from a single gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
According to an arrest-report account published by WEAR-TV, the couple had been arguing after leaving a Pensacola Beach bar where they had been drinking. King reportedly told deputies that she retrieved her husband’s handgun from their vehicle and placed it in her purse.
The argument allegedly continued inside their hotel room. King told investigators that she was in the bathroom when her husband entered and the handgun accidentally discharged. She reportedly maintained that her finger was not on the trigger.
Deputies said King was yelling that the sh00ting was an accident as they detained her.
The husband initially told responding deputies that he had sh0t himself and thrown the gun into the ocean, according to the arrest report. Investigators reportedly found three unspent rounds inside the bathroom, along with blood on the wall and floor.
The couple’s children were reportedly inside the hotel room when the sh00ting occurred but were not injured.
King was initially arrested on an attempted-homicide charge and held without bond. A subsequent Pensacola News Journal report said prosecutors dropped the attempted second-degree murder charge and instead filed two misdemeanors:
- Improper exhibition of a dangerous weapon or firearm, a first-degree misdemeanor.
- Using a firearm while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, a second-degree misdemeanor.
The published reports reviewed for this story did not establish the final disposition of those misdemeanor charges.
All charges are allegations. A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
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