KELAYRES _ A 69-year-old woman was jailed early this morning charged with shooting and killing her husband inside their Kline Township home Thursday afternoon.

Jane Ella Schreiner of 101 Hillside Road, McAdoo, was charged with shooting Kenneth S. Schreiner in the chest with a 38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver between 3 and 3:15 p.m.

Jane Schreiner was charged by state police at Schuylkill Haven with felony offenses of criminal homicide, murder in the first degree, murder in the third degree, voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault along with misdemeanor crimes of terroristic threats, possessing instruments of crime and recklessly endangering another person.

She was arraigned by on-call Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley, Pottsville, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison without bail.

Due to the homicide charges, Reiley said bail can only be set by a judge in the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas.

State police Trooper Thomas Robin of the Schuylkill Haven station said the incident unfolded when Jane Schreiner called the Schuylkill County 911 Center, made comments that she jus shot her husband and then hung up. The woman then called back a second time and said that she did not know the gun was loaded.

Robin said troopers Christopher Rooney and Michael Ryan arrived and while Rooney stayed with Jane Schreiner Ryan secured the scene and found Kenneth Schreiner in the kitchen of the home, lying on his left side on the floor with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest.

A black revolver was also on a countertop in the kitchen, Robin said.

While with Rooney, Robin said Jane Schreiner said "I can't believe this happened. I just wanted him to stop. It was an accident but it wasn't."

Kenneth Schreiner was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:45 p.m. by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Deb Detweiler.

Robin said that during subsequent interviews with troopers Edward Lizewski and Mark Knock, Jane Schreiner said she had made comments to her husband such as "I'm going to shoot you" and "I'm going to slice your throat, don't go to sleep tonight."

When asked to recall the events leading up to the shooting, Robin said that Jane Schreiner she and her husband were involved in a verbal argument and that the argument, like others, was about her family.

The woman indicated that her husband was yelling and screaming profanities and that she was embarrassed because neighbors could hear their arguments, Robin said.

Jane Schreiner reported that she also made threats to her husband during those arguments, Robin added.

The woman told investigators that she would usually go into her bedroom to get away but this time decided to sit on the porch when her husband came outside and continued to scream and yell, Robin said.

He said Jane Schreiner went on to say that she tried to get her husband to stop but at some point he went back into the kitchen where he continued to yell and scream.

Jane Schreiner said she went to the kitchen and again tried to stop the man from yelling and screaming, told him she was going to get the gun from the bedroom and then proceeded to do so, Robin said.

Robin said the woman reported getting the revolver from a night stand and going back into the kitchen where he husband was sitting at the table and laughing at her.

At that point, Robin said the woman told him she shot Kenneth Schreiner.

"She related that it happened very fast but recalled hearing the bang and seeing her husband fall to the floor," Robin said in paperwork filed with the court. "She recalled seeing blood and immediately called 911."

Schuylkill County Coroner Dr David Moylan said a virtual autopsy will be conducted today on Kenneth Schreiner and a forensic autopsy within the next 24 to 48 hours at Reading Hospital.

Jane Schreiner will now have to appear for a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Stephen J. Bayer in his Tamaqua courtroom.