A LEBANON VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE IN THE ABDOMEN HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME IN RUSSELL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. RANDY HAMMONS HAS PLED GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED MALICIOUS WOUNDING, USING A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF FELONY AND ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HAMMONS SHOT HIS WIFE LAURA IN THE ABDOMEN WITH A 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN FOLLOWING A HEATED ARGUMENT AT THEIR HOME. A PRE-SENTENCING REPORT HAS BEEN ORDERED AND HAMMONS WILL LEARN HIS FATE IN ABOUT A MONTH.