Sheriff: Names released in fatal Smith County shooting

SMITH COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - The identity of a woman who was fatally shot after shooting her ex-husband several times Friday afternoon has been released.

According to Sheriff Larry Smith with the Smith County Sheriff's Office, the male victim has been identified as Jerry Francis Pulsipher.

The female victim, Pulsipher's ex-wife, has been identified as Margaret Reach Pulsipher, 67 of Winona.

Deputies were called to the 12900 block of Philpot Rd., near Farm-to-Market 1252, in Smith County on Friday after reports of gunshots in the area.

Smith says the incident began after Jerry Pulsipher visited a home to bring his ex-wife, Margaret Pulsipher, food. She allegedly met him at the door with a gun and shot him several times before fleeing the scene.

Smith says after she fled the home, she crashed her truck into a tree down the street, walked back to find her ex-husband who was lying in a yard, and shot him several more times. The sheriff says the man somehow crawled back to his own vehicle, retrieved a weapon, and shot his ex-wife twice, killing her.

Jerry Pulsipher is alert, at the hospital, according to the sheriff. He says additional surgeries will be required.

The incident is under investigation by the Smith County Sheriff's Office.