Deputies say an Upstate woman survived an apparent murder-suicide attempt by her husband, but he did not. Pickens County deputies were called at 9:35 p.m Thursday about a shooting on McJunkin Drive.When deputies arrived, they found the 73-year-old woman shot in the upper torso. She was taken to the hospital where she underwent surgery, deputies said. Deputies then found the 81-year-old husband's body in the home. Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said the man died from a single gunshot wound to the head from a small caliber weapon"Additional evidence collected at the scene and from the husband’s body is consistent with the shot having been self-inflicted," Hashe said. No one else was in the home at the time of the shooting, deputies said.Hashe said the woman was becoming coherent enough to talk with deputies Friday afternoon. She told deputies her husband intentionally shot her before turning the weapon on himself.The woman said her husband had become verbally agitated after they discussed her decision to stay with relatives for a few days, and he told her he planned to kill her and commit suicide."No information or evidence has been collected to indicate any criminal activity on the part of the wife throughout the investigation," Hashe said. "No record of any previous history of a law enforcement response to the residence involving domestic altercations is on file with this agency."The couples' names have not been released.

Deputies say an Upstate woman survived an apparent murder-suicide attempt by her husband, but he did not.

Pickens County deputies were called at 9:35 p.m Thursday about a shooting on McJunkin Drive.


When deputies arrived, they found the 73-year-old woman shot in the upper torso. She was taken to the hospital where she underwent surgery, deputies said.



Deputies then found the 81-year-old husband's body in the home.

Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said the man died from a single gunshot wound to the head from a small caliber weapon

"Additional evidence collected at the scene and from the husband’s body is consistent with the shot having been self-inflicted," Hashe said.

No one else was in the home at the time of the shooting, deputies said.

Hashe said the woman was becoming coherent enough to talk with deputies Friday afternoon. She told deputies her husband intentionally shot her before turning the weapon on himself.

The woman said her husband had become verbally agitated after they discussed her decision to stay with relatives for a few days, and he told her he planned to kill her and commit suicide.

"No information or evidence has been collected to indicate any criminal activity on the part of the wife throughout the investigation," Hashe said. "No record of any previous history of a law enforcement response to the residence involving domestic altercations is on file with this agency."

The couples' names have not been released.