(Radio Iowa) – A Cedar Falls woman is charged with murdering her husband last (Wednesday) night.  Cedar Falls Police say they were called to the couple’s home at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and officers found 72-year-old David Alan Charlton had been shot to death. Sixty-six-year-old Kimberly Ann Charlton told police her husband had tried to assault her, the family’s dog intervened and, as he threatened the dog with a walking stick, Charlton said she grabbed a handgun and told her husband to stop pursuing the dog down a hallway.

Police say Charlton admitted she then shot her husband in the back.