A Macomb County jury spent nearly three hours Wednesday deliberating the fate of a 31-year-old Clinton Township man charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 fatal shooting of his estranged wife at their former marital home.

The six-woman, six-man jury mulled the case from about 2 p.m. to shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens for the death of Jordan Wheeler, 33, the mother of his three children.

The jury is slated to return to court at 10 a.m. today to resume deliberating.

The deliberations follow a six-day trial in front of Judge Julie Gatti.

Jurors could reach a verdict of second-degree murder, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison with a change for parole. A first-degree murder conviction carries a mandator life-without-parole term.

The prosecution says Wheeler had time to premeditate and reflect on his actions while his defense attorney says he did not have time to deliberate.

The jury asked to see three pieces of evidence during their deliberations — an approximately four-minute video and audio recording by Jordan Wheeler on her cell phone from when she entered the home to pick up her two sons to when she dialed 911, the 911 recording and a copy of an order regarding child custody from their unresolved divorce case.

The deliberations began after closing arguments Wednesday. Last Friday, Wheeler testified in his defense.

The incident took place at about 10 p.m. Oct. 19, 2023, after Jordan Wheeler, who had moved with the children to her sister’s Mount Clemens home, went to the Woodward Street home to pick up her two sons after they called to complain about their father.

When she arrived, an intoxicated Wheeler screamed expletives, including “Get the f— out of my house” and “Get the f— out of my life.”

When he grabbed his wife in the kitchen, she called 911.

After the 911 dispatcher asked if guns were in the house, and Jordan Wheeler replied there were, the defendant went to his bedroom closet, retrieved a handgun and shot her five times in the head.

He can be heard in the 911 call yelling, “F— you. I f—ing killed you bitch. I shot you in the f—ing head.”

The two boys — 8 and 7 at the time — ran out of the house about 10 seconds before the shooting and were standing near their mother’s car, which was parked in the street, when it occurred. The older boy testified he heard the gunshots and saw flashes of gunfire.

Police quickly responded and arrested Wheeler.

Jordan Wheeler’s sister, Kelly Femminineo, who testified, is the wife of Judge Jacob Femminineo of 41B District Court in Clinton Township, who attended some of the trial proceedings.