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Wife Accused Of Shooting Fayette Co. Commissioner To Stand Trial

UNIONTOWN (KDKA) -- A woman accused of shooting and nearly killing her husband was in court Tuesday.

Her case will go to trial, but her attorney says his client's version of events is very different from the version the victim gave in court during the hearing.

"My approach in this case is to go after the prosecution, to go after what their version of events and what their version of the facts is," said defense attorney Douglas Septic. "And, when it comes to trial, a different story is going to be told, a different story is going to come out."

That is what Deanna Vicites' attorney is saying about the night she's accused of shooting her a husband, Fayette County Commissioner Vincent Vicites, in the neck.

According to Vincent, who showed up to his wife's preliminary hearing still wearing the bandage from a gunshot wound, what really precipitated the shooting was an argument over the volume of the television his wife was allegedly listening to as he was trying to sleep.

On the stand, Vicites testified that he told his wife to "turn the music down for a renter." He said he fell asleep, only to wake up later to see her standing four feet away.

He says he looked up to see his wife standing there with a gun. He said during the testimony, "She shot at me!"

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Pennsylvania State Police Trooper James Krause also took the stand Tuesday. He said Deanna did not cooperate when police arrived on the scene.

He said she was lying on the ground out in front of the house and refused to move. He also said she refused to surrender her hands to be cuffed, and screamed, "[Expletive] you. I'm suing you all. You know who I am!"

"She was very animated in the courtroom because she disagreed with a lot of what was being said," said Septic. "She indicated to me that what was being said was not the truth."

Septic says he plans on asking for a change of venue in the case due to the notoriety of the case in Fayette County, as well as the relationship between the victim and the district attorney.

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