A New Jersey man was arrested Saturday on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, authorities said.

Thirty-three-year-old Mario Flores is accused of killing 35-year-old Roxanne Flores on Saturday at their home in Stratford, Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Stratford Police Chief Ronald Morello said.

Flores was later arrested by police in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was being held pending extradition to New Jersey.

The authorities said police responded to a call for a wellness check to the couple's home at about 1:32 a.m. and found Roxanne Flores dead in a bedroom. They said that about 40 minutes earlier, a police officer on patrol in the neighborhood saw Mario Flores' sport utility vehicle pull away from the residence; investigators learned that he then dropped off his young daughter at a relative's home.

Witnesses told police the couple were having marital problems and had an argument that involved a gun.

The authorities say detectives learned that Flores was near Alexandria, Virginia, and notified police there who stopped his SUV and arrested him.

An Alexandria jailer told The Associated Press that Flores was being held without bond at the detention center there and would be arraigned Monday. Authorities said they had no information yet on whom Flores' lawyer might be.



