A 30-year-old Solsberry woman is behind bars following a botched murder-suicide on Dec. 22.

Morgan Brooke Hudson was arrested on Jan. 6 by Detective Shawn Cullison of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department on charges of attempted murder, aggravated battery, and battery by means of a deadly weapon. She appeared in Greene Circuit Court on Jan. 9 for an initial hearing.

According to a probable cause affidavit written by Cullison, Hudson fired a shot from a 22-caliber revolver from approximately two feet away from her husband, striking him in the upper right chest area. When her husband got his phone out of his pocket, she asked what he was doing. He replied that he was calling 911 because she had just shot him. She then, according to the probable cause affidavit, placed the gun to her head and shot herself. The 911 call was placed at 6:42 p.m.

When the first officers arrived on the scene at 7:20 p.m., Hudson had already been transported to the hospital for treatment while her husband was in an ambulance ready for transport.

Det. Cullison went to Bloomington to speak to the victim at the hospital. While speaking with him, he explained to Det. Cullison that Hudson had been mad at him for a few days. He said they had been texting back and forth while he was at work but when he returned home from work between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., the doors to the residence were locked. He called Hudson at 6:34 p.m., which was verified by his phone log, to see if she would unlock the door. He said he knew she was mad, but she did open the door. When asked why she was acting the way she was, she allegedly told him to go to his sister’s house. He went to the bedroom to get some clothes and she followed. He told Det. Cullison she went to her side of the bed and he thought it was to get her phone, but instead, she opened a storage tote and pulled out a 22-caliber revolver. He said she pulled the hammer back on the weapon and had her finger on the trigger.

He explained that they were both yelling at one another. He said he yelled at her to put the gun down while she yelled that no one cared about her and it would be better if she wasn't here. He said Hudson put the gun to her own head, and he told her not to do this. He said she put the gun down to her side, and he thought about grabbing her arm but didn't. She again put the gun to her head and he said he begged her to put it down. Hudson then allegedly pointed the gun at him and fired. Based on information from the victim, it was determined that Hudson fired the shot to his right upper chest area from approximately two feet away.

The husband told Det. Cullison that per doctors, he was very lucky. He explained the bullet missed “everything important” and stuck in his back against his shoulder blade. Hudson’s wound was small and slightly above and in front of her right ear.

Officers determined three shots were fired from the weapon on Dec. 22, the shots that injured Hudson and her husband as well as a test shot Hudson said she shot to make sure the weapon worked. She told the victim she fired it at an air conditioning unit, and officers located a single bullet hole in a window frame by an air conditioning unit. Officers believe this to be the round she fired to check and see if the firearm was functional.

Inside the residence officers located bloody clothes sitting by the front door and were advised they belonged to the victim and were cut off to provide first aid measures to his wound. In the bedroom on the north side of the residence, a small blood stain was found on the carpet. Det. Cullison wrote in the probable cause affidavit that he found a lot of blood mixed with water from melted snow on the wood floor at the front door and said the blood was mostly smeared across the floor. Cullison said there were more defined blood droplets leading into the living room area of the home.

Det. Cullison was assisted by Jordan Allor, Caleb Sipes, and Logan Milligan of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana Conservation Officer Cole Hollingsworth, and Indiana State Police Crime Scene Technician Eric Russell.

Hudson is being held in Greene County Jail with a bond of $1,000,000 surety with 10 percent allowed.

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