Husband admittedly waited hours before calling 911 after 'accidentally' shooting wife during argument about a party while their children slept, deputies say

New details person been revealed successful a lawsuit against a Colorado antheral who claimed helium "accidentally" changeable his woman successful the thorax portion "clearing his gun" and past "attempted CPR for astir an hour" earlier calling 911.

David O'Grady, 37, stands accused of 1 number each of murder successful the archetypal degree and home violence, according to Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office records, arsenic Law&Crime previously reported.

The underlying incidental occurred connected the greeting of Sept. 7, astatine the couple's residence connected Shawnee Way successful Aurora. The shooting took the beingness of the defendant's wife, 29-year-old Taylor Dawn Last.

Upon his archetypal arrest, O'Grady said helium waited astir an hr to telephone for assistance due to the fact that of his CPR attempts. Now, however, authorities judge helium waited respective hours to marque that telephone call.

But that's not all.

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That archetypal charging papers says O'Grady told a dispatcher helium was "clearing his weapon past night, but accidentally discharged his firearm and deed his woman successful the chest."

While dispatchers heard the hourlong mentation of the story, O'Grady allegedly told responding sheriff's deputies his woman had been dormant for respective hours by the clip they arrived astatine astir 7:45 a.m., according to tribunal documents precocious obtained by The Denver Post.

At the clip of the shooting, the couple's 2 children, a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old, were sleeping successful the house, according to the archetypal affidavit obtained by Law&Crime. Also contiguous was O'Grady's mother.

Deputies were allowed successful the location by the suspect and recovered Last "lying connected her backmost connected the ground, with her near limb connected her chest," the affidavit says. The papers describes the victim's assemblage arsenic "cold and stiff to the touch, indicating that Taylor had been dormant for a while."

In his archetypal interview, O'Grady allegedly admitted helium and Last had been arguing astir immoderate benignant of a party. As the statement unfolded, "David said helium knew the weapon was loaded, fired a circular into the bed, and then, arsenic Taylor was coming into the room, aimed it successful Taylor's absorption and pulled the trigger," according to the affidavit.

Last was struck successful the thorax by the slug and died, authorities say.

As the changeable rang out, the different inhabitants took note.

The couple's children slept successful a shared chamber upstairs crossed a "narrow hallway" from their parents' bedroom, according to instrumentality enforcement. The children allegedly told investigators they heard "loud arguing" and a "bang" that caused them to "jump" retired of bed, the affidavit says.

The children besides allegedly said they saw O'Grady "had thrown something" astatine Last and past she fell "onto the furniture with her hands up successful the air," the affidavit alleges. The couple's children besides said they saw "[b]roken colorful things" connected the crushed successful the contiguous aftermath, authorities allege. But, notably, "none" of those purported items were disposable erstwhile instrumentality enforcement arrived.

In a GoFundMe, Last's aunt describes her niece's slaying arsenic "an unimaginable tragedy" and "tragic enactment of home violence" that present leaves her 2 children without their ma and dad.

"She was a loving parent to her 2 beauteous small girls," the online fundraiser reads. "The unthinkable happened – their begetter was liable for her death, and helium is present incarcerated. This leaves these saccharine girls without some of their parents."

Chris Perez contributed to this report.