Overview
- Officers responded around 10:06 a.m. Sunday to a 911 report at a home on the 600 block of Stafford Circle in Rockwall.
- Investigators say 80-year-old Steven Boewe shot his 72-year-old wife inside the residence, then went to a neighbor to report the incident.
- The woman sustained a single gunshot wound to the abdomen and was taken to a nearby hospital, where she remained in critical condition as of Sunday afternoon.
- Boewe was booked into the Rockwall County Jail on a first-degree charge of aggravated assault in family violence, and his bond had not been set.
- Police say the case is being investigated by the Criminal Investigations Division, the motive is unclear, and there is no ongoing threat to the public.