Wife arrested after husband shot and killed in Ryan

UPDATE: Authorities arrested a Ryan woman after they say she shot and killed her husband at their home late Sunday.

Revette A. Sauser, 42, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 59-year-old Terry L. Sauser, according to the Delaware County sheriff's office.

Deputies were sent to the Sauser home at 420 South St. around 8:30 p.m. after a 911 call that a person had been shot. They found that Terry Sauser had been shot in the chest and was in critical condition.

Sheriff John LeClere said Terry Sauser was shot in the living room of the home and was unconscious but alive when authorities arrived. He died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital.

Terry Sauser was a volunteer firefighter in Ryan and was the owner of the 5 Alarm Store, a gas station in Ryan. LeClere also knew him personally, and said the tiny town is “shocked.”

“He and his family have been in business in Ryan for years and years and years,” LeClere said. “That's why he was so well-known.”

Revette Sauser posted several comments on Facebook about the recent death of her father, and alluded to “fighting” among family that followed. In another post on March 9, she complained about a comment she said her husband made.

“Not Understanding Why A Husband Has The Right To, tell Her what she can and cant wear…Dress up to make myself feel good about myself, and My husband thinks i had a Hot Date…..Whats Up with this Im not understanding this….,” Sauser wrote.

Nine days earlier, she wrote: “well well well I guess you might want to say I'm home….But not for long. Im going back to Illions to Live…..It sucks here, Husband dont understand whats doing on, it takes two to tangle and two to break it……I.'m tired of fighting all th etime, im getting up there in age, I want to be happy, and right now I'm not…..”

LeClere said he was not aware of any calls to the Sauser residence for domestic issues before Sunday.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation was assisting the sheriff's office with the investigation.

Ryan, population 362, is 36 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids.