Los Angeles: Prosecutors charged actor Michael Jace, who played a police officer in the hit TV series "The Shield," with murder today in the shooting death of his wife in their Los Angeles home. Jace, 51, could face 50 years to life in state prison if convicted.

April Jace, 40, was shot multiple times and was found dead in a hallway of the family home in the quiet, modest Hyde Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles. Police recovered a handgun believed to belong to her husband.