WILLIAMSON COUNTY - A Hurst woman is in a St. Louis hospital with life-threatening injuries after she was struck by a vehicle driven by her enraged father Monday morning in Williamson County. The incident sparked a shooting a short time later in Royalton.
Mary A. Halleran, 33, was struck by the pickup truck driven by her father, 55-year-old Dennis J. Hahn of Royalton, according to a release from Williamson County Sheriff Bennie Vick. She was taken to a local hospital and later airlifted to St. Louis.
Hahn allegedly hit his daughter with his vehicle after firing five to six rounds from a large caliber handgun into the house she and her 27-year-old husband, James Halleran, lived in along Gosnell Road south of Hurst, according to police reports.
James Halleran reportedly confronted Hahn at the front door of the home after shots were fired at it. Police said Halleran was also injured when Hahn allegedly hit him in the head with the barrel of the gun but refused treatment at the scene.
Hahn fled the scene at his daughter's house, police said, back to his home near Royalton in Franklin County. His wife, 57-year-old Betty Hahn, had learned of what happened, took the pickup truck back to the Halleran home.
Hahn was reportedly shot by one of his sons a short time after he arrived back home, police said. He was taken to a local hospital and was scheduled for surgery Monday afternoon.
The name of the son who shot Hahn has not been released by authorities. Two weapons have been recovered by Franklin County authorities and further details are being investigated by both Franklin and Williamson counties. full story
