'Shield' actor charged with murdering wife

The American actor Michael Jace has been charged with murdering his wife.

The 51-year-old, best known for a playing a police officer in the television drama 'The Shield', was arrested yesterday on suspicion of shooting and killing his wife at their home in Los Angeles.

Police were called to the house on Monday night where they found the body of April Jace.

She had been shot multiple times.