Former television series The Shield actor Michael Jace was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Friday for shooting his wife in front of their two young children in 2014.
Jurors deliberated less than three hours before convicting Jace on May 31 of second-degree murder, and finding true an allegation that he personally used a handgun, Xinhua reported.
Before the sentence, the 53-year-old actor spoke for first time in court that there was “no justifications for my actions” when he shot his wife, April Jace.
He also turned to the family and said: “I am profoundly sorry for the pain I have caused everyone ... There is no replacing April.”
During the trial, the couple’s 10-year-old boy, Nehemiah, testified that he saw his father bring his 40-year-old mother into a hallway, where she fell down.
“Then my dad said, ‘If you like running, run to heaven’, and then he shot her,” the boy told the jury.