BAY MINETTE, Ala. —Foley murder suspect David Harland Mumford said “his temper” prodded him into fatally shooting his wife June 15 and choking his 14-year-old son who was attempting to stop the shooting, according to testimony Thursday in Baldwin County District Court.

Following testimony by Foley Police Sgt. Tony Fuqua, Mumford was bound over to the grand jury and bail was kept at $1 million. He is charged with the murder of his wife, Teresa Welsh, and third-degree domestic violence for fighting and attempting to choke his son.

Fuqua, the case agent and sole state’s witness, said Mumford admitted verbally and in a written statement that he shot his wife.

Mumford and his youngest son were fishing at Alabama Point June 15 when “he got upset and told his son to get his stuff and they headed for home,” Fuqua said.

Fuqua did not elaborate, but earlier information released by authorities indicated Mumford was upset because his wife was leaving him and taking their two sons.

Arriving home, Mumford entered the front door while his son remained in the vehicle. As Mumford entered the dwelling Welsh sprayed him with pepper spray, hit him over the head, then attempted to run up the stairs.

Mumford pulled a .25-caliber pistol from his pocket and shot her as she reached the top of the stairs, Fuqua testified.

The bullet entered behind her right shoulder and lodged in her back. Bounding up the stairs, Mumford fired from a distance of about 5 feet, then again much closer, Fuqua said.

One bullet entered below the left ear and exited the right cheek. Another bullet entered the right temple and lodged in Welsh’s brain, Fuqua testified.

Meanwhile, his 14-year-old son was playing computer games upstairs, heard the argument and shots fired and fought his father, knocking the gun away as they tussled on the floor.

Mumford made the 911 call and told dispatchers he had shot his wife. First responders found Welsh dead on the floor with a pepper spray canister in her hand. The smell of pepper lingered in the air.

Mumford suffered a “dime-sized” cut on his head, and cuts on his hands, wrist and elbows, which he said were inflicted during the fight with his older son.

“He admitted the fight and shooting his wife,” Fuqua said. “He said his temper caused the whole incident to take place and he was sorry.”