Woman charged with attempt to kill ex-husband at Fort Leonard Wood

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman was charged in federal court Wednesday for assaulting and attempting to murder a U.S. army sergeant.

Katara Hamilton, 30, shot at her ex-husband after she showed up at his Fort Leonard Wood residence and demanded to see their child, according to a criminal complaint. A military police officer heard a gunshot as he arrived.

The officer saw Hamilton standing in the driveway with a handgun in her hand, and her former spouse was yelling for help with an apparent gunshot wound to his left shoulder area, according to the complaint. 

The 7-year-old child was in the yard when police arrived.

Hamilton complied with officers by dropping her weapon and getting on the ground, the complaint said. But she then yelled for the 7-year-old to pick up the gun and shoot it at the officers.

The ex-husband was flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield.