Plantation man tells police he shot 'disrespectful' wife in face

Police: Suspect says couple were arguing over her interactions with co-worker

PLANTATION, Fla. – A 73-year-old man shot his wife in the face this week inside their PlantationĀ home, then walked to a neighbor's house and confessed that he'd killed her, authorities said.

Plantation police investigators saidĀ Fernando De Baere told them he shot Marisa Sherman, 47, because she wouldn't stop speakingĀ disrespectfully.

According to an arrest report, De Baere went to a neighbor's home Tuesday night and told them he had just killed his wife.

The neighbor called 911 and a responding officer foundĀ De Baere's wife sitting upright on the living room couch with an apparent gunshot wound to the face, the report stated.

The officer pronounced Sherman dead at 10:36 p.m.Ā 

No one else was inside the home, authorities said.Ā 

Police said De Baere had blood splatters on his legs and boxer shorts. He told police he and his wife were arguing over her interactions with a former co-worker.

Fernando De Baere, 73, is accused of shooting his wife in the face at their Plantation home.

According to theĀ police report, De Baere saidĀ he took issue with "the way that she was talking to him." When she wouldn't stop talking, he got his .38-caliber handgunĀ and shot her, authorities said.

Police saidĀ De Baere admitted toĀ shooting his wifeĀ "one or two times" in the face while standing about 3 feet away from her.Ā 

Investigators saidĀ De Baere put his gun back in his closet after the shooting before going toĀ his neighbor's home.Ā 

De Baere told police his home is equipped with surveillance cameras inside and outside the home, the report stated.

He was arrested on a charge of premeditated murder.


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