"I Won't Be Here When You Get Here"

"IRONDALE, AL — A Birmingham police officer killed his wife and then himself early this morning in Irondale.

"Authorities identified the officer as Rodney Jerome Wilson. His wife was Uteva Monique Wilson.

"The 41-year-old detective apparently shot his 23-year-old wife and then got on his police radio and warned he was about to take his own life.

"He asked for paramedics and a supervisor to come to the scene, and then said, `I won't be here when you get here,` authorities said. The Birmingham dispatcher called Irondale police. Officers from both agencies responded to the scene.

"Wilson used his duty weapon in the murder-suicide.

"The woman's two small children were home at the time but not injured.

"Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Bill Yates confirmed the deaths happened about 3:17 a.m. inside the couple's bedroom at Sharpsburg Manor Apartments on Sharpsburg Circle.

"Yates referred other questions to police."

From AL.com...