ROME, Ga. – A man charged with murder in the Tuesday shooting death of his wife remained in an Atlanta hospital late Wednesday night, police said.
Officers are guarding 61-year-old Michael Woodrow Terry, said Sgt. Dan Bickers of the Floyd County Police Department.
Terry is accused of shooting at his wife, Juanita, 45, with a .22-caliber rifle Tuesday night, with one of those shots hitting her in the facial area and killing her.
“We know he fired three shots,” Bickers said. “One of those shots was fatal.”
Terry then turned the gun on himself, wounding himself in the face, Bickers said.