Here is the jist of it: Man hires hitman to kill wife. Hitman hits wife with hammer. Wife kills hitman with bare hands. Go girl.
Police: Nurse strangled hit man - Crime & courts - MSNBC.com
Police: Nurse strangled hit man - Crime & courts - MSNBC.com
She was struck in the head and wrested the weapon away, but the struggle continued and Haffey bit the nurse, according to police. A large woman, she was eventually able to get the slight Haffey into a chokehold and police later found him dead in a hallway. An autopsy revealed the cause of death as strangulation.
Police say she acted in self-defense.