A Pennsylvania judge is charged with first-degree attempted murder after she allegedly shot her ex-boyfriend in the head and then tried to convince him that he shot himself. The victim, Michael McCoy, had told his girlfriend, Magisterial District Judge Sonya McKnight, that their relationship was over. She wouldn’t leave the house. He went out to a bar, came home, went to bed, then “woke up with massive head pain” and could not see. He said McKnight was screaming at him, “Mike what did you do to yourself!” and called 911, telling the dispatcher that she did not know what happened because she was sleeping and woke up to him screaming. Detectives determined that McKnight’s interview with them “was found to be deceptive” and the gun used was registered to her. Plus, they found gun residue on her hands. Police say McCoy, 54, suffered a single gunshot wound that entered near his right temple and exited near the left temple. He is now blind in his right eye.
* Worst gaslighting ever.
* “You totally shot yourself. I sat here and watched you do it.” Not much of a defense.
* Earlier that day: “C’mon, Sonya – I need a girl who won’t let go like I need a hole in the head.”
* On the bright side, there’s no bullet stuck in there to set off metal detectors the rest of his life.
* Imagine this woman in court: “Yo, a little professional courtesy, your honor? Judge to judge?”