(Halifax, Va.) – Neighbors responded with shock and disbelief after learning that an 80-year-old Halifax man had been charged in his wife’s murder.

John F. “Jack” Brown was arrested at the scene Monday morning in connection with the shooting death of his wife, Jeanette.

Brown is charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He is being held in the Blue Ridge Regional Jail without bond.

Authorities were called to the couple’s home on Hendricks Road in Halifax about 6:45 a.m. and found that Jeanette Brown had suffered apparent gunshot wounds.

Rescue squad personnel responded. Brown’s wife was pronounced dead at the scene.

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