LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A woman is accused by Las Vegas police of killing her husband.
On Monday night officers say they arrived at an apartment complex near Twain Avenue and El Capitan Way and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.
The man was pronounced dead on the scene. His identity and an official cause of death will be released by the coroner's office.
Police say his wife, Emily Ikuta, initially told officers her husband shot himself.
Through an investigation, detectives ruled out suicide and arrested Ikuta. She now faces a murder charge.
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