Police cars and detectives filled the corner of Summerlane Avenue and Summerhurst Street shortly before midnight Monday.
An affidavit says 55-year-old Curtis Glenn Moore called police to his home in the 4800 block of Summerlane Avenue to the report a shooting.
"The husband fired a shot and hit his wife in the torso," said Lt. Col Pruitt from Memphis Police.
Police say they found Moore's wife, 50-year-old Nannette Jefferson shot in the chest. She told detectives that she was trying to walk away from her husband, when he put his foot in the door and shot her. But Moore says Jefferson grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. And then he pulled his gun and shot his wife.
"We don't know what caused the disturbance between them or the argument between them," added Pruitt.
Jefferson was taken to The MED in critical condition, while Moore was brought in for questioning and later charged with aggravated assault.
Family members say that the couple had been married for six years. But the couple had been going through a rough divorce over the past several months.
Moore who worked with the Shelby County Jail for 21 years as a correctional officer is off work with pay pending and administrative investigation.
Neighbors who live on the typically quiet street are still in disbelief.
Moore now sits behind bars at the very jail he worked in as recently as yesterday. Moore is behind bars on a $300,000 bond. He is set to be in court tomorrow at 9 am.
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