Sneak peek: Wounded by Love | Forensic Files

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] The paramedics are on their way. Oh my
god, what a nightmare. What's your name? Karen. I'm in mass hysteria here in shock. I had never seen
anything like this before. It was 4:45. I heard the three chimes in my door. that one of my four doors was
being opened. All of a sudden, I wake up in the middle of the night and someone's
at my house. That put me in a panic mode. I jumped up out of bed, grabbed the gun, and heard footsteps coming down
the hallway toward my bedroom. The gun was cocked because I didn't know who it was because I felt like it was an
intruder. I heard somebody coming in my house. I I didn't know who was coming in.
I saw it was Phillip in the doorway. I said to him, "What are you doing here? Oh my god, you scared me to death."
What's his name? Phillip. My boyfriend. He's your boyfriend. For the love of my life. At that point in time, I had had
the gun up over my head. And he had come across the room and said, "Let me do it.
I'll do it. Through my arm." And I said, "Don't don't do this." He put the gun to
his head and I shouted, screaming at him, "Stop. Don't do it. Don't do it. It's loaded. And he told me twice, "I'm
not going to live my life without you." And he shot himself. There's no way that he would
ever have killed himself. He wouldn't leave his children. He loved those girls, loved
them like I've not probably ever seen any father. I'm Karen Kelly and um back in July 27th, 2011, I was accused of
shooting and killing my boyfriend. I just know that Philip Petro would not have been
shot, but for what Philip Petro did when that 6'2 construction worker body guy took a
hold of that 100B realator, she was no longer in control of that gun. and whatever happened was
just not her fault. If you point a loaded gun at somebody or bring a loaded gun out into the argument and that gun
goes off and kills somebody, that's not an accident. That's a homicide.

A lover is shot dead - will cell phone video recorded in the aftermath be enough to clear or convict? Troy Roberts reports Saturday, June 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Karen Kelly recounts the tragic night her boyfriend Phillip shot himself, leading to accusations against her.

Key points

A Night of Panic. Karen wakes up to an intruder in her home, leading to a tragic confrontation.
A Heartbreaking Decision. Phillip, Karen's boyfriend, makes a devastating choice in a moment of despair.
Accusations of Murder. Karen reflects on being accused of killing her boyfriend after a tragic incident.

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Oh my god, what a nightmare.

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