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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Tue May 20, 2014, 05:39 PM May 2014

Police: Actor told 911 he shot wife in Los Angeles

Source: AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Michael Jace, who played a police officer on television, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of fatally shooting his wife after calling 911 and telling an operator that he shot her, police said.

Detectives were investigating whether the couple's financial or other marital difficulties might have played a role in the killing.

Jace, who appeared on the hit FX series "The Shield," was being held on $1 million bail after being accused of shooting his wife multiple times on Monday night during an argument in their home in the quiet, modest Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles police Detective Dean Vinluan said a printout of the incident history indicated that Jace called 911 and told the operator that he shot his wife.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/shield-actor-michael-jaces-wife-found-dead

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Police: Actor told 911 he shot wife in Los Angeles (Original Post) Bosonic May 2014 OP
At least he has enough respect for the law rocktivity May 2014 #1
another sad story... :-( secondwind May 2014 #2
I interviewed a lot of homicide detectives once for a project and they all said this TeamPooka May 2014 #3
Yes..they are correct. This is exactly how it happens. nt msanthrope May 2014 #4
Probably, she told him she wanted to leave him. Helen Borg May 2014 #5
Maybe this got him 840high May 2014 #6
Let me guess... 951-Riverside May 2014 #7

TeamPooka

(24,221 posts)
3. I interviewed a lot of homicide detectives once for a project and they all said this
Tue May 20, 2014, 06:03 PM
May 2014

is exactly what happens in your average murder in this country.
A spouse calls 911 and tells them they just killed their husband or wife.
Then they sit down and wait for the cops to show up.
Very sad.
A gun in the house increases the likeliness of spousal murder so that doesn't help the odds.

 

840high

(17,196 posts)
6. Maybe this got him
Tue May 20, 2014, 06:20 PM
May 2014

Michael Jace's bankruptcy filing listed debts between $500,000 and $1 million. Much of the debt appeared to be related to his home, with an additional $22,000 owed in state and federal income taxes. More than $20,000 of his tax delinquency was owed to the state of California for the year 2008. He agreed to a payment plan, but had fallen behind as recently as December, records show.

 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
7. Let me guess...
Tue May 20, 2014, 06:24 PM
May 2014

He viciously beat her during their marriage, she was on the verge of leaving him so he shot her.

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