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MARISSA ALEXANDER
AlexanderAugust 2010
AlexanderDecember 2010
Marissa Alexander to her husband: Ive got something for your ass.
The FACTS: In August 2010, Marissa Alexander was arrested by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office (JSO) after she shot at her husband and two step-children (ages 10 and 13) in the couples Jacksonville home. It has been erroneously reported that Alexander fired a warning shot into the ceiling in order to escape her abusive husband. That information is inaccurate. The facts of this case, from the actual trial testimony, are as follows: Alexander and her then-husband, Rico Gray, were living together in their home. The two had a verbal argument over text messages Gray found on his wifes phone. The messages were to and from Alexanders ex-husband, Lincoln Alexander. The verbal argument started in the couples bathroom and moved to the living room. Gray decided to leave the home during the verbal argument and told his children to put on their shoes and that it was time to go. In the process of Gray leaving the home, Alexander told her husband, Ive got something for your ass and left the living room. Ms. Alexander then walked through the kitchen, through the laundry room, and then into the garage, where she retrieved her 9mm handgun from the glove compartment of her car. Ms. Alexander had ample time and opportunity to leave the home. (Rico Gray never left the living room area where he and his sons were about to exit via the front door.) Alexander then walked back through the laundry room and into the kitchen. When Gray saw her put a round in the chamber, he yelled no and tried to scoop his two boys under his arm to protect them, at which time she fired a shot into the wall, at head level 58, where Gray and his two sons were still standing. The bullet passed through the kitchen wall - bullet hole photo - exited the other side, and then entered the ceiling of the living room. Gray and his two sons then ran for their lives from their home and called 911 Aug. 2010 call. Alexander then locked herself inside the home.