MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of his wife following a dispute about smoking in western Michigan.
Muskegon Heights police say the man was arrested Sunday in nearby Muskegon following the shooting, which happened about 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
Muskegon Heights Police Chief Joseph Thomas tells MLive.com that the man came home intoxicated about three hours earlier and got into an argument with his wife over smoking and cigarettes. Thomas says police were called and ordered the man to leave, so he packed his belongings and left.
Thomas says investigators believe the man returned, kicked in the door, shot his wife at least four times and fled. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police haven’t released the couple’s names.