A 66-year-old woman in Iowa is accused of killing her 72-year-old husband, allegedly shooting him in the back inside of their home because the victim had threatened to hit their dog with a cane.

Kimberly Ann Charlton was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count of first-degree murder in the slaying of David Alan Charlton, authorities announced. According to a news release from the Cedar Falls Department of Public Safety, police officers at about 6:32 p.m. on Wednesday responded to a residence in the 4300 block of Newland Drive after receiving a report about a domestic dispute in which one person “had possibly been shot.” The home is about 100 miles southwest of Des Moines.

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