FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. — According to the GBI, agents interviewed Margaret McCollom Monday afternoon in her hospital room at the Atlanta Medical Center.
McCollom was shot by her husband, Peachtree City Police Chief William McCollom, in their home on Autumn Leaf in Peachtree City on Thursday, Jan. 1.
She told GBI agents that she was asleep when the shooting happened and could not give them additional information about it. According to the GBI, she said she believes the shooting was accidental.
Peachtree City police requested the GBI investigate the shooting, which happened in the couple’s bedroom.
The investigation has revealed that William McCollom fired his service weapon once, striking his wife in the back.
Channel 2 Action News obtained the 911 call he made that night after it happened.
He says that he shot his wife while he was moving his gun in bed.
Margaret McCollom was upgraded to good condition on Monday.