
Associated Press - September 26, 2009 11:54 AM ET
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) - Police say a Jefferson County man has been charged with killing his wife.
Spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said a shooting was reported late Friday night. When police arrived on the scene, they found a woman shot in the chest in the backyard of a residence next to her house.
Smiley said the woman, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead around 1:30 a.m. at University Hospital.
Police later arrested 48-year-old Horace Downs and charged him with murder.
Information from: The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com
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