A Council Bluffs man accused of 1st degree murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife, has appeared in court via closed-circuit video from the Pottawattamie County Jail. The Omaha World-Herald reports 55-year old Darwin Cox made no comment during his first appearance before a judge Friday morning. Cox was charged with the October 15th shooting death of his wife Millisa.

Court documents say Cox called several people the morning of the shooting to say he’d shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself, but officials said the wound he suffered was only superficial. The judge appointed an attorney for Cox, who remains in the Pott. County Jail on $500,000 bond. His next court appearance will take place Dec. 4th.