Pa. officials: Husband killed gun-advocate wife

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a Pennsylvania mother and gun-rights advocate was fatally shot by her husband as she video-chatted with a friend.

Lebanon County officials say Meleanie Hain was shot several times Wednesday in her kitchen by her husband Scott. He later killed himself.

Officials say the online friend saw Scott Hain fire several times.

Meleanie Hain became a voice of the gun-rights movement last year when she fought for the right to openly carry a holstered pistol at her 5-year-old’s soccer games. Other parents complained, prompting a sheriff to temporarily revoke her gun permit.

Officials on Friday said her gun was in a backpack when she was killed.

Scott Hain, a parole officer, owned the 9 mm handgun used to kill his wife.

They left behind three children, ages 2, 6 and 10.