Olympian Michael Barisone Charged With Shooting Woman in Chest at NJ Farm | News 4 Now

A woman was shot repeatedly and a man was hurt in a shooting at an Olympian’s equestrian center in New Jersey this week, authorities say.

Michael Barisone, 54, of Washington Township, faces attempted murder and weapons charges in Wednesday's shooting at the equestrian center on West Mill Road in Morris County. According to NJ.com, he owns and operates the 53-acre property and is a former member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic dressage team.

Authorities say cops responded to the sprawling property around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday after someone called 911 to report a woman had been shot. It was the woman herself, who told the dispatcher, "Michael Barisone shot me. I've been shot twice," the probable cause affidavit says.

Once authorities arrived, they saw a second man laying on top of Barisone on the pavement near a stairway leading into the property's main residence. The woman who had been shot was on the ground nearby. She was shot twice in the chest and remains in the intensive care unit with life-threatening injuries.


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