TYLER, Texas — A Smith County elderly husband and wife injured in an attempted murder-suicide last week are continuing to recover at a Tyler hospital ICU, police said Monday.
Deputies found the husband and wife, who are both in their 70s, with gunshot wounds in a home in the 11100 block of County Road 140 in Flint last Thursday afternoon. At that time, they were considered to be in critical condition.
Sheriff Larry Smith later said the husband shot his wife in the chest and then shot himself.
Sgt. Larry Christian, spokesperson for the Smith County Sheriff's Office, identified the husband as Charles Ronald Lowrance and the wife as Sherry Ware Lowrance. Both are 72.
Both remain in recovery in serious condition at the ICU as of Monday, Christian said.
Charles Lowrance is the only one considered a suspect in the shooting, and charges remain pending at this time, Christian said. They both had gunshot wounds to their stomach.
She was found in the bed, while he was on the floor near the bed, according to the sheriff's office.
