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Man pleads not guilty to killing wife

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Posted: Sat 2:24 PM, Jan 12, 2013

LADYSMITH, Wis. (AP) -- A man accused of fatally shooting his wife has pleaded not guilty in Rusk County Circuit Court.

Sixty-six-year-old Donald Lazar is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the Dec. 30 death of his wife, Darlene. Lazar told police he fired a gun, thinking it wasn't loaded, and shot his wife while she was on the phone with police. Prosecutors say he reloaded the rifle and shot her in the head.


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