Websheehan, who claimed to have suffered years of abuse, says she feared for her life when she fatally shot her husband, retired nypd sergeant raymond sheehan,. Webthe murder trial of barbara sheehan, the queens school secretary who shot her husband with 11 bullets, often bears the hallmarks of a dysfunctional wake. Raymond sheehan, threatened to kill her if. Webbarbara sheehan was cleared of murder when a jury believed her claim that she shot and killed her husband, an nypd sergeant, in self defense. But she is now. Webnew york (pix11) — six years ago, barbara sheehan made a fateful choice: Kill or be killed. After suffering abuse for nearly two decades at the hands of her. Webbarbara sheehan, the new york woman who shot her husband 11 times with a total of two guns, was acquitted of murder in october. Now, she faces five years in.