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A Waco man who told police he shot and killed his wife in September 2015 because she woke him up and started arguing with him is set to stand trial Monday.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning in Waco’s 54th State District Court in the murder trial of Michael Hanley Penix, 53.

Penix, a former Waco credit union marketing director, is charged in the shooting death of his wife, Rebecca Jayne Penix, 52, at their home on Gunnison Drive.

Penix’s attorneys, Rob Swanton and Phil Frederick, declined comment.

Reports filed in the case indicate Penix was administering chest compressions on his wife with one hand after police forced their way into the locked front door about 2 a.m. Sept. 13, 2015.

Rebecca Penix’s body was prone on the floor of the master bedroom and a five-shot, .38-caliber revolver was on the bed. Police found five fired shell casings in the cylinder of the gun, court records indicate.