JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A woman has been charged with murder after her husband was found dead in a home in Clay County on Halloween, according to The Clay County Sheriff's Office.
Melissa Gholson, 39, was given no bond on a charge of second-degree murder.
According to an arrest report, Gholson's sister called the Clay County Sheriff's Office saying she was at the station with her sister, who confessed to shooting her husband David to death.
In a recorded interview, Gholson again confessed to shooting her husband to detectives, the report says.
In her interview, Gholson told detectives she and her husband had gotten into an argument, during which she retrieved a semi-automatic handgun and put it in her pocket the report states. When the argument de-escalated, she removed the gun and put it in a drawer.
However, the argument escalated again, and she retrieved the gun again, pulling the trigger, according to the report. However, the gun did not fire because there was not a bullet in the chamber.
Her husband ran into the garage to get away from her; however, she chased him with the gun, loading it during her pursuit. Then she shot him multiple times in the abdomen, causing him to collapse on the floor, the report says.
Gholson told detectives she left him there overnight as she slept on the couch, according to the report. It wasn't until the next morning that she called her sister and confessed to killing her husband, only after running errands, according to the report.
Gholson also told detectives she was not in fear for her life but wanted their arguments to stop.
Deputies arrived at her home and found a man dead inside. Detectives from the robbery-homicide unit were called out to investigate.
This is an ongoing investigation.