BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A man fatally shot his wife during an argument at a home in unincorporated Cocoa early Friday morning, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said they were called to a home on Walter Street around 4:15 a.m. and found 35-year-old Rachael Emond dead as a result of a gunshot wound.

Records show she and her husband, 32-year-old Julius Perry, were arguing when the fight escalated and he grabbed a gun and shot her.

Perry was arrested on charges of second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by convicted felon. He’s being held at the Brevard County Jail without bond.