Officer, I did NOT kill her on purpose.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- A Tri-State woman is in critical condition Wednesday after police say her husband shot her while they were having sex.

Timothy Havens, 38, told Springfield police he was reaching for something on the nightstand when the pistol went off accidentaly, hitting his estranged wife Carolyn in the upper chest.

Havens, though claiming innocence, has a history of domestic violence. He served 60 days in jail for assaulting his wife and was ordered to go to anger management classes.