Monday, August 29, 2011

Houston, TX: Husband, 81, arrested in wife's shooting death

An 81-year-old man has been accused in the shooting death of his 74-year-old wife who was found dead at a home in south Houston last night.

Johnny Walter Bass has been charged with murder in the death of his wife whose body was discovered at the home in the 3600 block of Willowood near Griggs about 9 p.m. Sunday, according to the Houston Police Department.

Police said the woman, whose name has not been released, died at the scene. She had been shot in the head. No other injuries were reported.

Police said officers were dispatched to the home on an emergency call about a welfare check after a family member said she had not heard from the couple in a while.

When officers knocked on the door, the man answered and told them everything was fine at the home, police said. Police said the officers asked him where his wife was and he told them she was in the bedroom in the bed because he had shot her Friday morning.

Officers found the woman's body lying on the bed. She had been shot.

Bass was taken into custody.

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