HOUSTON — A Texas man who admitted to killing his wife during a 911 call last year collapsed and died in court Friday, just before he was set to be sentenced.

James Anderson, a former special education teacher, was expected to receive a 35-year prison term after pleading guilty to the 2023 murder of his wife, Victoria Anderson. But shortly after arriving at Houston’s 208th District Court, he suffered a medical emergency, prosecutors said in a news release. A bailiff administered naloxone before paramedics rushed him to Ben Taub Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:05 a.m. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.

Victoria Anderson was killed on Sept. 24, 2023, after she called 911 saying her husband was threatening to shoot her. Dispatchers reportedly heard a gunshot moments

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