PANAMA CITY — A trial date has been set in the case of a disabled man who said he shot and killed his wife’s lover in self-defense and accidentally shot his wife in the process.
Circuit Judge James Fensom Wednesday set a Nov. 17 trial date for Michael McCoy to prove his side of a story that ended with one man dead and his wife suffering life-threatening injuries. The state’s primary witness, wife Susan McCoy, has recovered enough to be able to attest to what transpired before the early morning shooting in February.
Deputies arrived to find the body of 46-year-old David Walker dead in the yard at 8505 Rhonda Road in Panama City. An argument at the home of Susan and Michael McCoy came to a violent end at about 2:30 a.m. Susan McCoy, 37, was left in critical condition.
Michael McCoy, 44, admitted to firing four 9 mm rounds into Walker and two rounds into his wife. He told investigators when Walker came after him in the heat of a dispute he fired in self defense. His disability limited his range of movement and Susan was caught in the crossfire.
Susan McCoy’s recollection differs. After surgeries and medical treatments for her injuries, she has said her husband turned after shooting Walker without provocation and fired specifically at her.
Michael McCoy will have one more pretrial hearing in August. He has pleaded not guilty to a count of second-degree murder with a firearm and attempted second-degree murder with a firearm.