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[Music] what you reporting I think somebody's just been shot in my neighborhood and I can hear somebody
screaming through the door when Skyler and Danielle met it was something that you read in
the fairy books it was instantaneous we heard the thing and then we heard noise and our
Skyler and Danielle loved each other they're gushy in love not alive I think she really believed that
they really had this into the movie Fade to Black type dreamy love there is like nothing that could
keep them apart SC join the Army I'm so excited Danielle the junior in high school you couldn't think of a perfect
trer bubbly thank you got going pretty that was Danielle Danielle had it in her mind
that she was going to marry Skyler and wherever he went she went he graduated from boot camp and they got married
Danielle was lonely she was away from her friends everything she knew she loves Skyler but
she just said he's gone all the time and he was Skyler had been gone for 20 days
out in the field training when Skyler got home he was so excited to see Danielle is she breathing at all
no they love to go shoot their guns shoot that can Danielle said I gave her power scatter bought her own rifle she
decorated it out the husband has said that she's dead and he doesn't want me going in to see
her my son picked up a loaded gun oh my God he looked at it with a naked eye did
not see any ammunition in it I'm a bad person I'm a bad person it went off shot Danielle in the back of the
head I love my wife so much this was an accident I'm inoc I didn't I didn't mean
to hurt anybody he is seeing this as an accident his family sees it as an accident we believe he murdered his wife
did you intentionally kill your wife Skyler no I did not I never meant to hurt you I love you so much Danielle my
wife

A young wife shot dead -- her soldier husband pulled the trigger. Was it an accident or was it murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates Saturday, July 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Skyler and Danielle's love story ends in tragedy after a fatal gun accident during his military training.

Key points

Tragic Accident Unfolds. Skyler accidentally shoots his wife Danielle, leading to a heartbreaking revelation.
Skyler's Denial. In a moment of desperation, Skyler insists he never meant to hurt Danielle.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I love my wife so much this was an accident.

Skyler's emotional declaration after the tragic event.

2:33WatchMay 4, 2016

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