‘The Shield’ Actor Michael Jace’s Murder Trial Opens With Chilling Account of Wife’s Death

Prosecutor claims actor told his wife that she should try running “to heaven” as he shot her

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The murder trial of “The Shield” actor Michael Jace began Tuesday with the prosecution revealing a chilling line that Jace allegedly uttered while fatally shooting his wife.

During Tuesday’s trial in Los Angeles, deputy district attorney Tannaz Mokayef told the court that the actor said to his wife, April Jace, “You like to run so much, why don’t you try running to heaven” as he shot her, the New York Daily News reports.

According to Mokayef, Jace shot his wife three times, once in the back and twice in the legs, with the couple’s two sons in the house.

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