āCalled me a bā for the last timeā: Wife fatally shoots husband in back during argument, tells cops āI shouldnāt have ⦠but Iām just tired,ā DA says
Chris PerezJun 5th, 2025, 3:42 pm
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Inset: Doris Winters (Milwaukee County). Background: Cops at the Milwaukee apartment complex where Doris Winters allegedly shot her husband on May 31 (WITI/YouTube).
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Wisconsin woman was allegedly ātiredā of being put down by her husband, so she
shot him dead last week during an argument, telling cops, āHe called me a bā for the last time,ā according to prosecutors.
āI just grabbed my gun and shot him,ā Doris Winters, 61, of
Milwaukee, allegedly told detectives after killing her husband, Aerion Winters, 49, on May 31. āIām tired,ā Winters said, according to her
criminal complaint, which was filed Wednesday in Milwaukee County. āI know I shouldnāt have shot him, but Iām just tired.ā
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Winters, who lives on Milwaukeeās north side, is facing first-degree reckless homicide and use of a dangerous weapon charges for the Saturday night incident.
Cops responded to her apartment complex at 95th Street and Brown Deer Road shortly after 10 p.m. and found Winters outside the residence, with witnesses and neighbors pointing her out to police, the complaint says.
āUpon arrival, citizens who were outside the apartments pointed to a woman who was walking away,ā the complaint alleges. āThe citizens said she was the shooter. The officers saw the woman drop a handgun. They stopped her, took her into custody, and secured the gun she had dropped.ā
Winters, while being transported to the police station, told officers, āHe called me a bā for the last time and I just shot him.ā She allegedly confessed to killing her husband while the two of them were arguing inside Wintersā apartment. A witness who was with them said Aerion Winters had been staying at a separate residence and the witness drove him over to Wintersā place so they could retrieve some belongings.
Once they arrived, the defendant and victim ābegan arguing,ā and the witness tried standing between them to de-escalate the situation, according to prosecutors.
āThe defendant picked up a handgun from near a table in the living room, racked the slide, and commented that it was loaded,ā the complaint says. āThe victim walked upstairs and spoke briefly to the defendantās mother, then came back downstairs. The defendant told him not to talk to her mother, and the victim responded by calling the defendant a ābā.ā That angered the defendant.ā
Winters, still armed with the gun, reached her arm over the witness and fired a single round into the victimās back, according to prosecutors. āThe victim collapsed, and the defendant told the witness to āget him out of here before I shoot him again,'ā the complaint says.
Winters allegedly told police that she shot her husband after he āturned away from her.ā She said she did not intend to kill him.
āIām just tired,ā Winters allegedly repeated