‘It just got out of hand’: Psychology professor accused of shooting wife in the back with 12-gauge shotgun during argument, standing over body is let out of jail

Sally Brainerd, Edwin Brainerd Jr.

Left and right inset: Sally Geiger Brainerd (obituary), Edwin Brainerd Jr. (Anderson County Sheriff’s Office). Right: the suspected shooter speaks in court (WHNS).

A 79-year-old former associate psychology professor at Clemson University accused of murdering his wife with a 12-gauge shotgun by shooting her in the back during a “verbal altercation,” a dispute he later said “just got out of hand,” has been let out of jail ahead of trial, Law&Crime confirmed.

On July 2, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office announced that Edwin Brainerd, Jr. was booked on charges of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime after 74-year-old Sally Brainerd was shot to death late the night before in a bedroom at her Anderson, S.C., home on Harpers Way.

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