Lizzie Kaboski

CROWN POINT — A jury is deliberating Thursday afternoon over whether a 69-year-old man's fatal shooting of his wife in 2022 was self-defense, murder or another type of violent crime.

The jury heard portrayals from the prosecution and defense during closing arguments Thursday about the shooting of Victoria Staples-Bishop, 60, who was shot Oct. 8, 2022, by her husband, Ellis Bishop, following an argument while they were intoxicated inside their home in the 2300 block of Marshalltown Lane in Gary.

Deputy Prosecutor Arturo Balcazar said what Bishop did was knowing and intentional, two words that are used in Indiana law to describe the crime of murder. He said Bishop was inconsistent with his stories of what happened and said his self-defense claim is suspicious because he sho

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