Terry Ernest Thomas, 76, was charged Wednesday morning with murder and receiving stolen property (firearm).
Around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to Bluebell Way in reference to a shooting.
The caller told police she had received a phone call from her father, Terry, who said he had shot his wife, Mary Thomas, in the head in self defense.
Terry told Warren County Deputies that his wife attempted to stab him, and he also said that his wife took a gun from him during the argument and shot herself.