TRINIDAD, Colo.—A prosecutor says he won’t file charges against a woman in the shooting death of her husband, Trinidad lawyer Jim Tatum, because she was a victim of domestic violence.
District Attorney Rod Fouracre said Tuesday “it would not be proper” to charge Ann Tatum in the November 2007 shooting at the couple’s home in Weston, 20 miles west of Trinidad and 70 miles south of Pueblo.
The Las Animas County Sheriff’s Department said Jim Tatum had slapped and punched his wife when she took a gun from her purse and shot him.
Fouracre also cited Jim Tatum’s “prior violence.”
Jim Tatum was Las Animas county attorney until 2003, when his contract was not renewed. He then opened a law office in Trinidad.
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Information from: Rocky Mountain News,
