DALHART (October 18, 2009)—A Dalhart man suspected of shooting his wife to death in front of the couple’s two grandchildren has been found dead in a likely suicide, police said.

Dalhart Police Chief Tom Sanford told The Associated Press that Jose Abel Cancino, 78, who was named in a murder warrant, was found early Saturday in a vacant lot by a resident who was headed to work.

Authorities determined it was "more than likely" a suicide from one gunshot wound, Sanford said.

Sanford said previously that Elva Perez Cancino, 63, was shot to death Wednesday night outside the couple's home after asking her spouse to move out.

Dalhart is a Texas Panhandle town of about 7,300 residents, near the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders.