Wife Behind Bars After Husband's Shooting Death

Slashed tires, verbal threats and a stabbing preceded the death of Ervin Washington of Seffner, whose death came at the hands of his wife, Emon Tennille Kellar, according to a report from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Washington, 33, reportedly called his mother May 19 at around 10:30 p.m. from the Walmart on U.S. Highway 92, where his wife "stabbed him and flattened all four tires of his truck." The report further notes that his mother picked him up, took him to her residence and rendered first aid.

He was dead the next day.

A charge of first-degree murder with a firearm was lodged against Kellar, 34, who lived with her husband at 130 Winston Manor Circle in Seffner.

The 911 call received May 20 at about 5:30 a.m. noted that a man had been shot at their residence.

"When deputies arrived, a neighbor stated that she had heard yelling and had seen Kellar raise her hand towards Washington and then she heard a loud pop," according to the report. "Kellar ran inside and told her children that their father had killed himself. Then, Kellar was seen attempting to put the firearm into Washington's left hand."

Less than two hours before the 911 call, Washington's mother reportedly drove her son around for his paper route. At about 4 a.m., Kellar reportedly was seen following them closely in her vehicle.

When they arrived back at their residence, Kellar reportedly threatened her husband verbally, in front of his mother.