Beat our cat, I will kill you

DALLAS police say a 47-yearold woman has told detectives she shot and killed her husband because he had been beating the family cat.

Authorities say Mary Harrison has been arrested and jailed on a murder charge in the slaying of her 49-year-old husband Dexter Harrison.

Mary Harrison told authorities that the shooting Saturday occurred during an argument. Dexter Harrison was taken to a hospital where he died. In a statement yesterday, Dallas police say Harrison told officers that her husband had been beating the cat.