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Man, 85, Held in Wife's Shooting
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SUN CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Maricopa County sheriff's detectives have arrested an 85-year-old Sun City man on an attempted murder charge after they were called to a home and found his 81-year-old wife shot in the head.

 

Sheriff's spokesman officer Christopher Hegstrom says George Sanders is being held at the Fourth Avenue Jail.

 

Hegstrom says Virginia Sanders was taken to a hospital for treatment after Friday night's shooting. Her condition was not available.

 

No information was released on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.