Wife sentenced in fatal shooting of husband

Dedra Jackson

HOUSTON – A Houston woman accused in the fatal shooting of her husband has pleaded guilty.

Dedra Jackson, 48, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder.

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Police say she killed her husband, Nathaniel Jackson, 44, at a home in the 1500 of Big Bend Drive in northwest Houston on Aug. 18, 2012.

According to investigators, Dedra Jackson had an altercation with her 22-year-old daughter, which escalated into a physical confrontation.

Police say Nathaniel Jackson then intervened and was shot by his wife.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.