A husband shot his wife 13 times in the face because she wouldn’t let him sleep, according to police.
Dorian Barker, aged 31, was arrested on Monday night in Indianapolis for allegedly killing wife Penny Jones-Barker, aged 28, after cops were called to a domestic disturbance at around 10.15pm.
Police said that when they arrived they found Barker standing on his front step, and when they asked him if everything was OK he responded ‘yes’, before adding: ‘No, I just killed my wife.’
According to court documents seen by the Indianapolis Star, as Barker was led to a police car he told police: ‘She’s been trying to kill me all day… wouldn’t let me sleep.’
Inside the home officers said they found Jones, who had only been married to Barker since July, laying on the sofa with gunshot wounds to the face.
Jones’s sons, aged 5 and 11, were asleep in an adjoining room at the time of the killing and are now in the custody of child protective services.
The murder was apparently witnessed by Jones’s sister, who was sitting and smoking on the sofa with her when Barker came into the room.
In 2007 he was charged with strangulation, battery and domestic battery, while in 2012 he was again charged with strangulation, intimidation, two counts of battery and two counts of domestic battery.
He is now being held in custody accused of murder.
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