A Raymore man has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting his wife at their home in the 300 block of South Sunrise Drive of Raymore.</p><p>The incident is the first homicide to occur in Raymore in more than six years.</p><p>Raymore police were called to an apartment complex near the intersection Missouri 58 Highway shots had been fired in the home at approximately 7 a.m. Feb. 23.</p><p>Capt. Jim Wilson said police responded to a call that a female victim, who has been identified as 30-year-old Danielle Beckett, had been shot twice in the head.</p><p>The victim was transported by South Metro&#x2019;s EMS personnel to Research Main Hospital where she later died as a result of her wounds.</p><p>By Saturday evening, prosecuters charged the woman&#x2019;s husband, Erick Beckett, 34. </p><p>During the police interview, Beckett stated that he and his wife had been in the bedroom having an argument when he picked up a firearm from the bedroom mattress and shot his wife.</p><p>Beckett was arrested and is being held in the Cass County Jail on a $500,000 cash bond. </p><p>The previous homicide occurred in January 2007 when 30-year-old Sheldon A.C. Haynes was shot to death while in his vehicle in the driveway of his home in the 300 block of Mulberry, Raymore Police Chief Jan Zimmerman.</p><p>Two suspects, Wayland D. Morrow, 33, Robert A. Morrow, 32, both of Kansas City, were eventually identified and prosecuted.