By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The (Longview) Daily News reports the woman who shot her boyfriend through a closed bathroom door in Ryderwood in December was sentenced this week to 21 months in prison and ordered to undergo mental health and substance abuse treatment upon her release.
Linda Cochran, 43, and 69-year-old John Stiller both called 911 the morning of December 9 to report the shooting and Stiller drove himself to the Little Crane Cafe in Vader where he was met by deputies and medics.
The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said Cochran continued to fire a hunting rifle randomly as she stayed on the phone with a dispatcher but was subsequently taken in to custody without incident.
News reporter Barbara LaBoe reports Stiller was hit twice with fragments from the same bullet and suffered injuries to his bowels; and that Cochran pleaded guilty to second-degree assault with a deadly weapon.
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