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Hirshs ex says: He put the gun next to my head
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Darrin Hirsh’s ex-wife Candice testified Wednesday that her husband held his Kansas Highway Patrol service pistol to her head and a pillow over her face the night of March 12, 2013, after a heated argument.Darrin Hirsh is on trial for charges that include aggravated assault and domestic battery, as well as criminal threat, intimidating a witness and violating a protective order of the court. The charges stem from events that occurred that night in the Hirshes home at Bissell’s Point, and almost a year later, when the incident was reported.Candice Hirsh was the second witness called Wednesday in Barton County District Court. Assistant Attorney General Jessica Domme first called Dorthy Stucky Halley, director of the Victims Services Division, Office of the Kansas Attorney General.