Newly-wed bride arrested for pointing gun to groom's head and pulling the trigger

After incident, she went to the bathroom and disposed of weapon

A newly married bride was arrested after she allegedly fired a gunshot in the air and then pointed the gun at her groom, reported BBC.

According to the police, Kate Elizabeth Prichard, the 25-year-old newly-wed, hadn’t even made it out of her wedding dress before being handcuffed. "Responding officers let the husband know the honeymoon was over and his new wife was going to jail," said Sgt Kyle Evans with the Murfreesboro Police Department.



The officers made the arrest after an unusual call was made at the Clarion Inn. They arrived to find Prichard and her new husband fighting at the motel a few hours after they were married. "Both were very uncooperative with authorities. It was actually a witness who pointed us in the right direction," said Evans.

That witness told police the couple had been drinking and arguing outside the motel. Things escalated and what Prichard did next shocked everyone. "She pulled out of her wedding dress a 9 mm pistol. Pointed it at her new husband's head and pulled the trigger," said Evans.

The gun did not discharge as it wasn’t loaded, but the witness told the police that Prichard then loaded a round in the chamber and fired a shot in the air creating chaos and anxiety in the crowd. When police arrived on the scene, they first questioned the newlyweds who said nothing was wrong.



After talking to witnesses, however, police recovered a shell casing and found what they believed to be Prichard's weapon. "After the incident, she went to the bathroom and disposed of the weapon hiding it in the bathroom," said Evans.

Prichad has been charged with aggravated domestic assault, and was taken to jail before being released on a $15,000 (£11,300) bond.