Washington woman says she was 'well within her rights' to shoot at husband for not doing chores

Police have charged a Marysville, Washington woman with attempted second degree murder after she admitted shooting at her husband because she was frustrated that he had not helped around the house.

KOMO reported that the husband told 911 dispatchers on Saturday night that his wife, Starlene Roth, had fired a shot at him.

When police contacted the man, he told them that he had recently been discharged from the hospital for hepatitis, and his wife became angry because "he hadn't been able to do anything around the house."

According to the man's story, the wife threw a vase at him on Saturday night, and then pushed over their barbeque as he was cleaning up the glass. When he picked up the barbeque, she pushed it over again, he said.

The man told police that he was inside the home when his wife retrieved a Smith & Wesson 9 MM pistol from the bedroom.

"Get the (expletive) out of the house," the man recalled Roth saying.

Roth then fired a single shot at her husband, police said.

Police spoke to Roth and she admitted that she "blew up" at her husband, and that her anger was "too far gone to resist" using the gun. She said that she "wanted him to pay."

Court documents said that Roth "doesn't think she did anything wrong and she was well within her rights because of how (her husband) was reacting and she was so pissed off."

Roth was arrested and charged with attempted murder. Bail was set at $250,000.