A former special education teacher accused of fatally shooting his wife in 2023 while she was on a 911 call died this week after suffering a medical emergency in court, prosecutors in Texas confirmed.
The incident occurred on Friday, Sept. 26, at the 208th District Court in Houston’s Criminal Justice Center, where James Anderson was scheduled to be sentenced to 35 years in prison under a plea deal for the murder of his wife, Victoria Anderson, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release shared with PEOPLE.
“Shortly after arriving in court, Anderson experienced a medical emergency,” the release stated. “A bailiff for the court administered naloxone before EMS arrived. He was transported by the Houston Fire Department to Ben Taub Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:05 a.m.”…