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A former professional wrestler has been charged with shooting and killing his wife in Portland, Oregon, police said.
William Albert Haynes Jr., 70, is in police custody at a hospital where he is being treated for a condition unrelated to the shooting, the Portland Police Bureau said in an update Saturday.
Haynes, known as Billy Jack Haynes, was a prominent figure in national wrestling in the 1980s. He was a professional in the World Wrestling Federation, which would later become the entertainment giant WWE, and made an appearance at Wrestlemania. III, Portland NBC News affiliate KGW. reported.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting Thursday morning at a home in the 6000 block of Southeast 100th Avenue in the Lents neighborhood. A “potential suspect” inside the home was not cooperating, said police, who established a security perimeter in the area and asked residents to “remain sheltered inside with doors locked at this time.”
A deceased victim, identified as 85-year-old Janette Becraft, was found inside the home.
“The medical examiner determined that Becraft died of homicide from a gunshot wound,” police said in an update.
Becraft’s husband, Haynes Jr., was arrested in connection with her death. Once he is released from the hospital, he will be booked into jail and his charges will be released, according to police.
It is unclear if Haynes Jr. has an attorney at this time.