March 24, 1980

Man dead following shooting incident

       A White River Township man was killed by a gunshot wound early this morning during a domestic disturbance in the Wheel Estates subdivision, White River Township. The victim, Jimmie Bob Wilson, 47, I Court, Lot 150, was shot once in the heart with a .22 caliber rifle, according to Johnson County Coroner Dick Tudor. Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested his wife, Mary Louella Wilson, 46, same address, this morning on a preliminary murder charge. She is being held in the Johnson County Jail without bond. No time has been set for Mrs. Wilson’s arraignment and the Prosecutor’s office has not determined what formal charges will be filed against her. According to Lt. John Lassiter of the Sheriff’s Department, Ruth Johnson, a friend of the Wilson family, called Greenwood Police after discovering Wilson’s body in the kitchen. Terry Wilson, 20, Wilson’s son by a previous marriage, was asleep in a bedroom when the shooting occurred, according to Detective Sgt. William Bradley of the sheriff’s department. Bradley said Wilson was dead when police arrived at the trailer. Pathologist Harley P. Palmer ruled Wilson died of a single gunshot wound in the heart. Assisting at the scene were sheriff’s deputies William Lucid, James Mowery, Steven Byerly, and Rick Stephens, along with Sheriff J. Robert Haugh. Jeff Perkins of the Indiana State Police also responded. According to Lassiter, Wilson was father to six children including Terry Wilson by a prior marriage. Another son, Tim Wilson, is stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois, while four other children live with their mother in Fort Wayne. Wilson was employed by the McLean Trucking Company of Indianapolis as a truck driver since 1963. He formerly resided at 30 Crescent Court in Franklin. Services for Wilson are pending.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal)

 

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