Man Accused Of Killing His Wife Is Charged With Murder

HOUSTON, TX -- A man accused of killing his wife outside an assisted living center Thursday morning turned himself into Houston Police hours later.

Anthony Authorlee, 61, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife, 53-year-old Senta Yolanda Authorlee, police said

Houston Police were called just after 7 a.m. to the Medallion Jewish Assisted Living Center in the 6200 block of N. Braeswood Drive for a shooting.

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When police arrived, they found Senta Authorlee badly bleeding from a gunshot wound to her stomach outside the facility, KTRK reported.

She was taken by EMS to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Our homicide detectives are en route to a fatal shooting of a woman in a parking lot of a nursing home at 6262 North Braeswood. Officers were called to the home about 7:05 am. #hounews
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Witnesses told police that she and her husband had recently split up, KTRK reported.

Investigators said the estranged husband was waiting for her when she arrived at work, and that the two argued before he allegedly shot her to death, possibly with a shotgun.

Witnesses reported hearing gunshots and reported seeing the woman's husband leaving the area after the shooting.

Investigators said they are still processing the evidence, and interviewing the husband.

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