According to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, a man shot and killed his wife on January 20 (Friday) when she came back to home from work earlier than she usually does.

Around 12:27 a.m., on Friday, officers were dispatched to a shooting call the 100 block of Dee Dee Place in Goldsboro.

Gina Williams 48 years old was found dead on the front porch with a gunshot in the neck. Billy Willams who is 49 years old was trying to revive his dead wife. Officers had seized a handgun from the incident scene which was on the front porch.

Authorities pronounced Gina Williams dead on the scene.

After an investigation, authorities came to know that Gina Williams left home around 6 p.m. Thursday 19th January for work to do an overnight shift and she was not expected to return to home until next day 8 a.m.

Authorities said that one of their children heard a noise of the front door, the child thought that some burglar was trying to sneak into the home and woke up Billy Williams.

Billy Williams retrieved a handgun from the gun safe in the bedroom and approached the front door, deputies said.

But Billy Williams did not know that, his wife had left work early and came back home. There was no front porch light on when Billy Williams opened the front door and shot the person on the porch.

Authorities said that Billy Williams fired only one shot, which struck his wife in the neck and killed her.

The investigation is still going on at this time and no charges were filed against  Billy Williams.

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