Created: 10/14/2006 8:35:12 PM 
By First Coast News Staff
ORANGE PARK, FL -- Detectives from the Clay County Sheriff's Office Robbery/Homicide Unit are investigation the shooting death of 51-year-old James Rick Hampton.
Detectives believe Hampton's wife, 50-year-old Debra Hampton, shot her husband in self-defense and/or in defense of their teenage daughter after an early morning domestic violence altercation.
The shooting occurred just before 5 a.m. Saturday inside Hampton's home located at 1832 Habersham Harbour Drive in the Fleming Island area of Orange Park.
Officers say James Hampton was shot once in the upper body with a handgun and died in the home. Neither the wife nor the daughter was injured.
A 911 call was made to the Clay County Sheriff's Office by Debra Hampton during which she reported the shooting. After officers arrived, both the woman and her daughter exited the home peacefully.
Detectives now believe the content of that recording is evidence in this case.
There is no record of any previous law enforcement calls for service to the Hampton home. Neither James Hampton nor Debra Hampton has a criminal record in Clay County.
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