A 66-year-old man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in Abingdon Monday night, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.

At about 10:45 p.m., Monday officers were dispatched to the 2800 block of Bynum Overlook Drive in Abingdon for a reported shooting. Officers found a 64-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound to her upper body and began life-saving efforts, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a news release.

Police arrested the woman’s husband, David Williams, 66, and charged him with first-degree murder and firearms violations. He is being held without bond at the Harford County Detention Center.

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