A man who shot and killed a pregnant woman claims he should not be punished . William DeHayes fired a bullet into the head of 25-year-old Katherine Hoover as he showed her family his gun collection at his home in Florida . Witnesses said DeHayes spun the .22 caliber revolver around on his forefinger , 'gunslinger-style ' , when it went off , hitting Mrs Hoover in the head . The state has refused to prosecute because the incident was deemed accidental . And though the victim 's family has launched an appeal to see him tried for manslaughter , DeHayes insists he has already been punished enough . 'Do you know what it ’ s like to accidentally shoot someone in the head ? ' he said to the Daily Beast . Defending himself : William DeHayes ( left ) claims he has been punished enough by having to live with the fact that he shot Katherine Hoover ( right ) in the head as he showed off his gun collection last July . ' I have lived through hell ever since . I ’ ve damn near committed suicide several times . I ’ ve been seeing doctors and shrinks . 'Now everybody ’ s pegging me as a killer and a murderer or whatever else they want to say about me . I ’ m not , OK ? ' He added : ' I relive that day , July 26 , 6:30 p.m. , every day , every hour of my life . I hear pops , backfires , people shooting behind me , and I ’ m scared shitless . ' Tragic : Mrs Hoover died hours later , as died her unborn baby . She is survived by her husband and son . Mrs Hoover , whose baby did not survive , was invited over to DeHayes 's home with a group of people including her husband Carson last summer . After she was hit , she was taken by ambulance to Bayfront Health Brooksville and from there was airlifted to Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point . Once she was there , doctors operated and removed her baby slightly before 8pm , but tragically he was pronounced dead at just after 8.30pm . She is survived by her husband and her seven-year-old son Nicholas . DeHayes concedes that he should have treated every gun as if it were loaded . However , in his opinion , he has learned his lesson - and has since sold his entire gun collection . Visit : Mr and Mrs Hoover were invited to see DeHayes 's guns on July 26 , 2014 . He has since sold them all . ' I am very familiar with gun safety and I preach it to my wife and everybody . I ’ ve got no excuses . 'That ’ s part of my nightmare everyday—knowing that I should have checked it and I didn ’ t and somebody had to pay the price—not just me . ' Mrs Hoover 's family insists they will not back down and demand to see justice . But DeHayes says nobody understands his position . 'There ’ s a difference between an accident and someone knowingly hurting someone else , ' he told the Daily Beast . ' I ’ ve learned a lesson . For me not to allow any guns in this house whatsoever , for me to almost commit suicide several times because I knew better—no one has a clue what it ’ s like to live like that every day . '
William burns killed Katherine husband , 25 , and her unborn child in July . He shot her in retaliation as he ' spun .22 caliber revolver around his finger ' Florida and did not prosecute because it was deemed accidental . he insists he has already been punished enough reliving it . Hoover 's family is appealing to have him indicted for murder .