KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a homicide that occurred Tuesday northeast of Kearney, Missouri, according to a statement from the Clay County Sheriff.
At 10 p.m. June 18, a 911 caller reported a man had been shot at a home in the 16200 block of Kountry Ridge Drive.
Ricky Allen, 50, died at the scene. Deputies took the suspect into custody at the home.
Allen's wife, Melissa I. Hoffner-Allen, has now been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in his death. She is being held in our detention center on a $250,000 bond.