Ex-Cop, Confesses to Killing Wife During 911 Call

He made it easy for the detectives. An ex-cop named Jeffrey Hawkins called a Ohio 911 dispatcher and confessed that he fatally shot his wife, police said Tuesday.

"I just shot and killed my wife," Hawkins said in audio tape released by police. He then spells his name for the dispatcher. "You said you just shot and killed your wife?" the incredulous dispatcher replied. "Yes," Hawkins replied. "I'm on the sink I'm not a threat to anybody. I'm a former police officer. I'm not sure what happened." In the 911 call, Hawkins said he shot his spouse multiple times and that they had been fighting over money. "She took all the money out of our bank account on my birthday on Saturday," he said, breaking down crying. "God. God forgive me."
Hawkins, who turned 57 on Saturday, surrendered peacefully when cops arrived at his home Monday in the Cincinnati suburb of Colerain Township, police spokesman Jim Love told NBC News. "It was a suburb of Chicago," Love said, when asked where Hawkins had served as a lawman. Love directed a reporter to Hawkins' LinkedIn page, which, among other things, describes him as private security consultant and a graduate of the Chicago Police Academy.


Culled from NBC news
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