TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An 86-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting a woman in Twin Falls. Paul Robert Welch was arrested Saturday.

He is facing a first-degree murder charge. According to court documents, 81-year-old Barbara Sue Chitwood was found dead from gunshots to her head at her home on Friday. Twin Falls spokesman Josh Palmer says a passerby had been approached by an elderly man who asked him to call 911. The relationship between Chitwood and Welch is unknown. Earlier media reports indicated the two were married.Welch was taken to a nearby hospital after the shooting. The nature of his injuries has not yet been released.

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