Just when you think it couldn’t get anymore bizarre in Law & Crime world it does..
A woman in Mississippi is behind bars for shooting and killing her husband in broad daylight outside of a busy county courthouse minutes after he finalized their divorce, according to police officials.
Tanya Saucier, 49, was sitting in her car and waiting for her ex-hubby, James Ray Saucier, to exit the Lenoir Rowell Criminal Justice Center in Poplarville on Tuesday morning — after he finalized their split in court — before she gunned him down, according to the Pearl River County Sheriff’s Office.
Tanya Saucier’s divorce attorney, Jansen Owen, told Biloxi ABC and CBS affiliate WLOX that the former couple had to go into the justice center separately for the conclusion of their divorce proceedings because of their “volatile” relationship.
“The meeting for the Sauciers and their attorneys with the judge to finalize the divorce proceedings was an impromptu, unscheduled meeting,” said Pearl River County Sheriff’s Office Lead Investigator, Maj. Scott Allee, in an interview with WLOX.
He said Tanya Saucier, who is charged with murder, used a 9 mm handgun with a 15-round magazine to take out James Saucier as courtgoers and lawyers — including her own — were at the justice center.
“What Miss Saucier did yesterday is unjustifiable,” Owen told WLOX. “I witnessed her murder him.”
Owen said there is “no justification” and “no excuse” for anybody to open fire on somebody in a public setting the way his client did. He and Tanya Saucier arrived at the courthouse at around 10 a.m. and James Saucier showed up with his lawyer an hour later. James Saucier then exited the justice center just before 1 p.m., according to officials, before being shot.
