SAN PABLO (BCN) -- A man is dead and his wife is in the hospital Wednesday after what  appears to be an attempted murder-suicide inside a San Pablo home Tuesday  evening, San Pablo police Cmdr. Mark Foisie said.

      Police received a call at 8:08 p.m. from a man who said his father  had just shot his wife inside their house at 2909 21st St.

      When police arrived, they found Marlo Schumacker, 41, in the  living room suffering from a gunshot wound to her head.

      Her husband, Walter Schumacker, 63, was also in the living room  suffering from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his  head, Foisie said.

      Another man who had had witnessed the incident was also in the  living room. Walter Schumacker's 40-year-old son was outside when the  shooting happened, Foisie said.

      Walter Schumacker and his wife were both taken to John Muir  Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where Walter Schumacker died. Marlo  Schumacker is expected to survive.

      The group had been drinking Tuesday evening, Foisie said. At some  point that day they had gone to Wal-Mart and bought an inflatable pool, which  they set up in the driveway and then continued drinking.

      Shortly before the shooting, Walter and Marlo Schumacker, who had  only recently gotten married, started arguing. When she said she was going to  leave him, he allegedly turned around and shot her and then shot himself,  Foisie said.

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