Sexagenarian Arrested for Abilene Murder

ABILENE, TX – A 67-year-old Abilene man has been arrested and charged with murder after his ex-wife was found shot to death in her home. 

Abilene police were dispatched to a home located in the 4300 block of Mary Lou Lane in south Abilene for a report of an injured subject involving a shooting.

According to the Abilene Police Department, the shooting occurred on Thursday, March 7, at 3:22 p.m.  

Police arrived at the home and discovered a female inside the house with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

A gunshot wound also injured a second female inside the home. She was transported to the hospital for treatment of her injury.

 A male at the home was taken into custody.

 All three adults lived in the home, and the male was the ex-husband of the deceased female. 

• Deceased female – Denise Gray, 66 years of age
• Injured female and sister to the deceased – Donna Guerra, 55 years of age
• Suspect male and ex-husband to the deceased – Floyd Lane Hardison, 67 years of age

No one else was there at the time of the incident.