A wealthy attorney in Atlanta will finally face murder charges after shooting his wife to death. The incident occurred in September in Atlanta.
Tex McIver, a high-profile lawyer in Atlanta, and his wife, Diane McIver, were returning home from a trip when the shooting occurred. Tex told Diane to sit in the front passenger’s seat and he sat in the back seat while a chauffeur drove them home.
At some point during the trip, the driver exited the highway to avoid traffic near downtown Atlanta. Tex, according to a family friend who served as a spokesperson, told police that he heard about Black Lives Matter protests in Buckhead and after several individuals approached the vehicle near Peachtree and Pine streets (where a homeless shelter is located), he feared that he would be carjacked.
As a result of being afraid, he allegedly told his wife to hand him a gun that was in the glove department and wrapped in a plastic grocery bag. At some point, Tex said he fell asleep near Piedmont Park, which is less than five minutes from where he first became frightened, and shot his wife in the back after the driver hit a bump in the road. She eventually died from the gunshot wound. After being questioned by Atlanta police, Tex was allowed to leave without being arrested.
But there were several inconsistencies in Tex’s story. The Black Lives Matter rally that he referred to took place five days earlier near Lenox Mall, about 10 miles away from where he claimed he feared that a Black protester would carjack him. Moreover, there has never been an incident in Atlanta where a Black Lives Matter protester carjacked or committed armed robbery during a protest. Tex would later tell WXIA that he didn’t mention Black Lives Matter as reason he decided to hold the gun.
Also, the driver took Diane to a hospital on Clifton Road, which is four miles away from where she was shot. Emory Midtown Hospital was less than two miles away.
Following Diane’s death, Tex sold nearly all of her belongings for $350,000 that was used to satisfy her will.
Tex, who once served as an attorney for Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
