18, 2008 after her husband of 24 years, retired new york police department sgt. 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. Weba school secretary who was acquitted of murder after shooting her husband 11 times has been sentenced to five years in prison on a weapons charge. Webbarbara sheehan is charged with killing her husband, raymond. She says she feared for her life. Michael appleton for the new york times. Weba queens woman who shot and killed her husband as he was shaving in their bathroom was acquitted thursday of murder but convicted of a weapon charge in a case. 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. 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.
