UPDATE 3/7/19 @ 5:28 p.m.

A woman woke up in the middle of the night to someone on top of her. She grabbed her gun and fired one shot. It was only then she realized she killed her own husband.

His name was David Elder, 52, of Cabell County.

"He's just like a grandson to me," said neighbor Vesta Shell.

Shell is 92 years old and has known Elder for half a century.

"I knew David ever since he was a baby."

The call came in around 4 a.m. on Wentz Hollow Road, just 3 miles from the Merritts Creek exit of I-64 (Exit 18).

Sheriff Chuck Zerkle said he’s heard of things like this happening elsewhere, but never here.

"It's a horrible situation. We're trying to unravel the whole process slowly but surely to try to make sure we get it right," the sheriff said.

Almost two years ago, the Elder home was severely damaged in a fire. David and his wife had moved back in but were still rebuilding.

Deputies have also been here on calls of domestic violence through the years.

"I just can't believe it," Shell said.

Shell said David and his wife would bring a turkey every holiday and he was always willing to help out around her house.

But, in some ways, she's not surprised.

"I knowed this was going to happen,” she said. “I knowed one of them would kill the other or they would kill one another."

But sad the man she had last seen at her daughter's funeral is now dead himself.

"He was just an outgoing country boy."

Elder and his wife have several adult children. Family members declined to speak with us.

His body has been sent to Charleston for an autopsy.

Investigators say there have been multiple domestic violence calls. According to 911 records, though, there have not been any in the last year.

UPDATE 3/7/19 @ 8 a.m.

Investigators are on the scene of a deadly shooting in Cabell County.

Cabell County Sheriff Chuck Zerkle tells WSAZ the victim is David Elder.

Zerkle says Elder's wife allegedly heard someone in the house around 4 a.m. Thursday, and shot at the person who turned out to be her husband.

It happened at a home on Wentz Hollow Road.

No charges have been filed in the case.

Zerkle says there have been domestic issues in the past with them.

We have a crew at the scene.

Keep checking the WSAZ App and WSAZ.com for the latest information.

ORIGINAL STORY 3/7/19

The Cabell County Sheriff and EMS crews responded to the scene of a reported shooting early Thursday morning.

Dispatchers tell us it happened on Wentz Hollow Rd around 4:20 a.m.

There are no known injuries at this time.

Keep checking WSAZ.com and the WSAZ App for the latest information.