Woman Shot in Head Survives
.jpg)
In an amazing story, A Jackson County man died and his wife was critically injured Tuesday in what authorities described as an attempted murder and suicide at a home off Tanner Williams Road in the Harelston community.
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said a witness called for help after she was able to escape the home of the victim, Tammy H. Sexton, 47, who had been shot in the head.
The woman was found lying on the bed talking to authorities. Authorities, cited in the Sun Herald, stated. "“It’s truly a miracle that she survived something like this and was talking and conscious,” Byrd said Wednesday. “She had a gunshot wound that went in over her left eye and exited the back of her skull. Based on everything I’ve seen in my career, she shouldn’t be alive.”
Once again, a story of a severe brain injury where the victim walks and talks afterwards. It is reported Tammy Sexton offered authorities tea even with the penetrating would she sustained.
This is similar to the famous case of Phinneas Gage who suffered a railroad iron through his head and frontal lobe and never lost conciousness in 1848. He survived however lived a forever changed life in that his personality was irreparably compromised.
