Sheridan man accused of shooting his wife and threatening the man who drove her home

Accused of firing a shotgun in the direction of his wife and pointing it at the man who was driving her home, a Sheridan man faces up to 20 years in prison.

Oscar Gaone, 43, was charged Nov. 7 in Sheridan County District Court.

An affidavit by Sheridan County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Pushkar said deputies responded to a home in Sheridan County at 9:41 p.m. on Oct. 9 when a passerby called and reported hearing a gunshot and seeing a woman running away screaming, “He tried to shoot me.” .

The woman also called 911 and told a 911 dispatcher that her husband, Gaona, pointed a shotgun at her and that the gun went off as she ran away, the document says.

Gaona and the woman had “separated” but were still living together at the time of the incident, Pushkar wrote.

The woman later told investigators that she reached her home that day with a man whom Pushkar described as her “male friend.” Gaona approached the driver’s door and collided with the man. The wife got out of the car and the male friend backed out of the driveway to leave, the document states.

Gaona ran up the stairs to the apartment and took out a shotgun that was kept in a closet near the front door, according to an affidavit taken from the wife’s interview.

Gaona held the shotgun over the second-floor balcony railing and pointed the shotgun at the man’s car as he drove away, Pushkar wrote. The woman began to run away; she saw the barrel of a shotgun pointed at her. As she walked around the apartment complex, she heard gunshots, she told investigators.

Hunting

The affidavit goes on to describe the chase.

While running around the block, the wife saw Gaona’s truck approaching her, the affidavit states.

She told investigators she was afraid he was going to shoot her, so she tried to hide in a mound ditch.

As soon as his truck drove away, she ran back to the apartment, where the 911 dispatcher called her back – after she had previously called 911, the document says.

She locked the door and told the dispatcher that Gaona was trying to break into the apartment.

Pushkar and other deputies arrived.

One deputy read Gaone his Miranda rights and spoke with him. From Gaona’s interview, the deputy “essentially understood” that Gaona did take the shotgun, but stated that he did not want it to go off from the balcony where he was standing, the document states.

After the gun went off, Gaona hid it and three shotgun shells in two separate sheds on the property, the affidavit states.

With Gaona’s help, deputies later found a shotgun and three rounds of ammunition – two unspent and one spent, the document states. Pushkar described the discovery as consistent with reports from an eyewitness and his wife of a single gunshot.

A firefighter who was in the area shortly before arriving at the scene also reported hearing a single gunshot, the document states.

Without incident

Deputies arrested Gaon and took him to the Sheridan County Detention Center “without incident,” the document states.

Gaona’s case was filed in Sheridan County District Court on Oct. 28.

On the same day, his wife filed for divorce.

Her divorce filing says they have been married for nine years, since Aug. 1, 2015, and were married in Story, Wyoming.

The wife did not immediately respond to a voicemail request for comment.

Claire McFarland can be contacted at [email protected].