NC - Teresa Mosser, 59, shot and killed husband, James Mosser, Hillsborough, 25 Apr 2018

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A woman who said she shot her husband in self-defense turned herself in on a first-degree murder charge Thursday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office says.

Teresa Mosser, 59, of Cedar Grove in northern Orange County, called 911 the night of April 25, 2018, saying she had shot at her husband, James Mosser, but did not know if she had hit him.

She told the deputies responding to the scene that she had shot him in self-defense at their home on Eno Cemetery Road, according to the Sheriff’s Office news release.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article234770057.html


A search warrant shows that investigators found 53 rifles, shotguns, revolvers and handguns, as well as multiple rounds of ammunition at the home where a man was shot to death.

The Herald-Sun of Durham reports the Orange County Sheriff’s Office says Teresa Mosser turned herself into authorities last Thursday on a charge of first-degree murder in the 2018 shooting death of her husband, James Mosser.

The warrant released Monday says an investigator reported finding seven assault rifles and four rifles with mounted scopes among the firearms taken from the mobile home in Cedar Grove. Investigators also seized firearms accessories, including holsters and ammunition bags, boxes and belts containing a variety of rounds.
Teresa Mosser is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 23.
Warrant: 53 guns, ammo seized from N Carolina murder scene

 

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Teresa Mosser called 911 to report that she had shot her husband. She told the dispatcher that she had fired in self-defense before running into another room but didn't know if she had hit him, authorities said.

Orange County deputies had responded to another domestic call at the residence a month earlier, authorities said.

After an extensive investigation, including consultation with the district attorney and a crime scene re-enactment, authorities decided to charge Teresa Mosser, authorities said.

Anyone dealing with domestic violence in Orange County can call the Compass Center for Women and Families at 919-929-7122 or the sheriff’s office Crisis Unit at 919-245-2900.

Orange County woman charged in husband's death :: WRAL.com

 

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Investigator Dawn Hunter, who led the search shortly after the shooting, reported finding seven assault rifles and four rifles with mounted scopes among the firearms taken from the mobile home at 5121 Eno Cemetery Road in Cedar Grove. Investigators also seized firearms accessories, including handgun magazines, holsters and ammunition bags, boxes and belts containing a variety of rounds.

Five used shell casings and shotgun shells were found in the home, and additional ammunition was recovered from a Jeep parked in the driveway, the warrant states.

Investigators also seized, among other items, a swab of blood and a washcloth from the master bathroom, clothing, a USB device, cell phones, a bottle of the sedative Lorazepam, marijuana, computers, a smoked cigar and a cigar tip, Teresa Mosser’s purse, a DNA sample from Teresa Mosser, and gunshot residue kit samples from both Mossers.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article234891077.html