Overview
- First responders were dispatched around 4:45 a.m. after a medical alert company reported an emergency at the residence.
- EMS found 89-year-old Anita Leal dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside the home, police said.
- Her husband, 88-year-old Ernest Leal, was detained, questioned by investigators, and booked on a murder charge.
- Paramedics reported that Ernest Leal stated he shot his wife, and investigators are continuing to process evidence.
- Leal is being held on a $250,000 bond as the Galveston Police Department’s investigation remains ongoing.