SPRINGDALE -- Patricia Jordan of 440 Shorty Hill Road is facing a murder charge in connection with her husband's death.
Jordan, 25, was being held Monday in the Washington County Detention Center on charges of first-degree murder, possession of firearm by certain persons, endangering the welfare of a minor and violation of probation. She was being held on $25,000 bond.
The shooting death of Cody Jordan, 34, at the residence Saturday night is under investigation by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. His body was sent to the state Medical Examiner's Office to determine the manner and cause of death.
According to a preliminary report from the Sheriff's Office, a deputy was called to the house at 7:58 p.m. to assist Central Emergency Medical Services with a report of an accidental shooting.
The deputy found Patricia Jordan standing over the body of a man who had a single gunshot wound to the head, according to the report. Witnesses told the deputy there had been some sort of disturbance prior to the weapon being fired.
Jordan told the deputy she tried to give her husband a gun and it discharged, according to the report.
Cody Jordan's body had an entrance wound on the right side of his head above his ear and no exit wound, according to the report.
In a second interview, Patricia Jordan said she pulled the trigger on the weapon "to scare Cody." Jordan told the deputy she saw her husband unload the gun so she thought it was unloaded.
Jordan was serving three years of probation for a drug charge. She was arrested in July 2016 in connection with possession of methamphetamine or cocaine with purpose to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, and simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, according to court records. She pleaded guilty to the drug charges, and the weapon charge was dropped, according to court records.
Court records show Cody Jordan was placed on probation for 10 years in connection with a forgery charge in 2005.
NW News on 02/04/2020