AURORA | An Aurora man who lost his job told police he couldn’t bear the thought of his wife living on the streets and shot her in the head while she slept, but he couldn’t complete his planned murder-suicide by shooting himself, according to a police affidavit.
Phil Jay Atchue, 60, called 911 from a bus stop near his apartment complex at 927 S. Ivory Circle at about 11 p.m. July 6.
“I shot my wife yesterday morning,” Atchue told the police dispatcher just after 11 p.m., according to police…