Dayton: Husband attacks, wife uses firearm for self-defense

March 10, 2004
Dayton Daily News

Wounded man caught, arrested

SOUTH VIENNA | A Mechanicsburg man who rode away on a bicycle after being shot in the neck Tuesday with a .45-caliber revolver during a domestic argument with his wife and her brother was later arrested on violence-related charges.

Eric Champlin, 22, of 8546 Brigner Road was released from Community Hospital after being treated for the gunshot wound.

He was shot at 5485 Lundy Lane and arrested at 5295 Lundy Lane, where he had fled, deputies said.

He was charged with felonious assault, felony domestic violence and aggravated burglary. He is to be arraigned today in Municipal Court.

Sheriff's Lt. Rusty Garman said Kelly Champlin, 22, told deputies she shot her husband when he reportedly kicked open a rear door of her mother's home at 5485 Lundy Lane.

As Eric Champlin tried to enter the house, his wife's brother, Chad Day, 20, tried to stop him and a struggle ensued, Garman said. During the struggle Eric Champlin punched Day in the face and struck his wife, Garman said.

Eric Champlin continued to fight with Day and threatened to stab him with a knife even after he had been shot. Kelly Champlin, who told deputies she shot him after seeing the knife, said the gun belonged to her husband.

Deputies found a knife on Eric Champlin upon his arrest, Garman said.

Kelly Champlin and her brother were treated at a hospital and released.