COUDERSPORT -ðA Pittsburgh woman allegedly shot her husband four
times in the head in their Allegheny County residence Friday, then
traveled to a campground in Roulette Township and called local
authorities to confess to the shooting.

According to Coudersport-based state police, troopers responded
to a “distraught person” at Lanniger Creek Road at 7:50 p.m. and
interviewed Barbara A. Peck, 40, of 237 Clearview Road,
Pittsburgh.

Peck reportedly told the troopers she had shot her husband in
the Pittsburgh area “earlier in the day.”

By the time police arrived at the scene in Roulette Township,
they said, Peck had attempted to overdose on prescription
medication and was taken to Charles Cole Memorial Hospital via
Roulette Ambulance.

Local authorities apparently contacted the Allegheny County
Sheriff’s office, and officers there discovered the body of Russell
A. Peck, 42, dead in their home with four gunshot wounds to the
head.

A representative at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s
office said Sunday afternoon that Russell Peck, an independent
contractor, died of “multiple gunshot wounds to the head.” He was
pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m.

It was unclear what time the shooting took place, according to
the medical examiner’s office. Traveling at a normal rate of speed,
however, it would take between three and four hours to drive from
Pittsburgh to Potter County.

Several search warrants were executed in Potter County, police
said. Barbara Peck was arrested at Charles Cole and “is being taken
back to Allegheny County to face charges.”

It was unclear where Peck was being held Sunday night.

She has been charged, according to state police, with criminal
homicide.

In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, criminal homicide is
categorized five ways; first-degree murder, second-degree murder,
third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary
manslaughter. In addition, first-degree murder consists of capital
and non-capital cases. Capital cases are those cases in which the
district attorney chooses to seek a penalty of death.

None of the prosecutors in the Allegheny County Homicide Unit –
First Assistant District Attorney Edward Borkowski, Assistant
District Attorney Lisa M. Pellegrini and Assistant District
Attorney Mark V. Tranquilli -ðwere available for more information
Sunday night.

There was also no further information available Sunday night
through the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office.