A woman was killed inside her home Sunday afternoon in what authorities are calling a domestic homicide.

More than 50 family members and friends have converged outside the home in the quiet Letson Farms subdivision in western Jefferson County. Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies and Bessemer police have been at the home on Longmeadow Drive since shortly after 3 p.m. Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney Lynneice Washington also responded to the scene.

The suspect, said sheriff’s Capt. David Agee, is in custody.

Agee said the incident started at 3 a.m. and the wife was fatally shot close to that time during an argument. Another woman in the home was held hostage until she was able to escape this afternoon.

Relatives say that woman was taken to a hospital for undisclosed injuries. The victim’s son, brother and sister are among the family members gathered at the scene.

Family said the couple had been married only since January.

Agee said investigators have a large crime scene to process. More information will later be released, he said.