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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Parkway Village man has been indicted for the death of his wife.

Dejoun Partee, 26, faces criminally negligent homicide charges in the shooting death of his wife.

Partee said the shooting was an accident.

He told investigators his .380 automatic pistol dropped to the floor and went off hitting his 25-year-old wife, Trentica, in the head.

The shooting happened October 8, 2015, in the Cottonwood Apartments near American Way and South Perkins Road.

Partee is free on a $10,000 bond.

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