An ex-cop named Jeffrey Hawkins called a Ohio 911 dispatcher and confessed that he fatally shot his wife, police said Tuesday.
"I just shot and killed my wife," Hawkins said in audio tape released by police. He then spells his name for the dispatcher.
"You said you just shot and killed your wife?" the incredulous dispatcher replied.
In the 911 call, Hawkins said he shot his spouse multiple times and that they had been fighting over money.
Hawkins, who turned 57 on Saturday, surrendered peacefully when cops arrived at his home Monday in the Cincinnati suburb of Colerain Township, police spokesman Jim Love told NBC News.
Hawkins was formally charged with murder Tuesday in Hamilton County Court and ordered held on $3 million bond, according to the court clerk's web site.
