Elderly Man Tried to Shoot Wife

This was the scene outside of a house on Owl Creek Ave. in Westdyke, Alderney Monday evening. Police patrol cars and an ambulance.

According to authorities, the resident of that house, 85-year-old Tommy Hoyle, tried to shoot his 86-year-old wife but missed. She was not injured.

Hoyle went before a judge Tuesday afternoon and was charged on counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Hoyle denied trying to shoot his wife but police had a different story. They say that they found a gun, a bullet hole in a door, and gun residue on Hoyle's hands.

Hoyle was set under a $50,000 secured bond with another court date on June 29th.

NBC News Liberty 3/20/12