FL Woman Who Shot Husband After Son Pooped Pants Indicted: Docs

WINTER SPRINGS, FL — A Florida woman who was arrested last month for shooting her husband in the head after an argument about their son defecating himself has been indicted for first-degree murder, according to prosecutors and court records.

A Seminole County grand jury on Tuesday indicted 38-year-old Laurie Adams of Winter Springs on one count of first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm in connection with the death of 51-year-old Adel Tawfeek after hearing testimony from a Winters Springs police investigator, according to the Seminole County State Attorney's Office.

Winter Springs police went to the couple's home in the 400 block of Sheoah Boulevard shortly after midnight on June 5 after receiving a call about a shooting. While en route, a dispatcher told officers the caller said she shot a man in the head after he threatened to hurt her son, according to a search warrant affidavit.

After arriving at the home, officers were greeted by Adams who was placed in handcuffs. After reading Adams her rights, officers said she told them she returned home around 11:30 p.m. and noticed her 8-year-old son had defecated in his pants, according to an arrest report.

After telling Tawfeek about the incident, police said he began to yell at the child. He also grabbed Adams and pushed her against a wall, according to court documents.

After calming down, court documents said Adams went to Tawfeek's bedroom, grabbed his gun, and went to the back porch, where he was smoking and drinking a beer. She then proceeded to shoot him in the head, authorities said.

Tawfeek was taken to Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford, where he was pronounced dead.

No trial date has been set, prosecutors said.