Bail was denied a Florida woman who is charged with the shooting death of her estranged husband in his Glen Arm house last week.

Mary Koontz, 59, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of  her estranged husband, Ronald Koontz, 66, was not present Monday afternoon for her bail review hearing in District Court in Towson.

Jail officials said Mary Koontz had been involuntarily committed after a psychiatric evaluation at Franklin Square Hospital on Friday. She was transferred Monday to the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup where she will remain for the time being, the judge said during Monday’s hearing.

She did not have an attorney present and there were no family members in the courtroom for the bail review hearing.

John Magee, an assistant state’s attorney, said Mary Koontz traveled to Glen Arm from her condominium in Marco Island, Fla., “with the express purpose of confronting (Ronald Koontz) which resulted in his murder.”

On Friday morning, Mary Koontz entered the bedroom of her estranged husband’s house, located in the unit block of Manor Spring Court, where he lived with the couple’s teenage daughter. Mary Koontz confronted Ronald Koontz in the bedroom.

Ronald Koontz was shot “numerous times in the body, including in the stomach area,” according to Magee.

Police were called to the house around 6:15 a.m. Friday. When officers arrived, they found Ronald Koontz outside the house holding his estranged wife down on the ground, Magee said.

Ronald Koontz died that afternoon as a result of his wounds.

Officers confiscated a revolver from Mary Koontz that held one unfired round, Magee said.

Inside the house, police found evidence, including a large amount of blood, indicating a struggle that began in the bedroom and moved down a hallway, down a flight of stairs and ultimately ended outside, Magee said.

Ronald Koontz’s daughter was home at the time of the shooting but was not harmed. She called 911, according to a news release.

It is not clear whether Mary and Ronald Koontz were divorced or merely separated at the time of the shooting.

Mary Koontz has no previous record, according to county detention officials and Magee.

On Nov. 16, 2007, Ronald Koontz went to Circuit Court seeking an emergency psychological evaluation of his wife. That request was granted, according to court records.

Ronald Koontz was employed with Baltimore County Public Schools as a supervisor in the Office of Career and Technology Education in Timonium.

Kara Calder, a schools spokeswoman, said Koontz has worked for the school system since 1966, when he was hired to teach business education at Towson High School.

In 1971, he was promoted to the position of specialist in cooperative education. That position was retitled to its current classification sometime from 1988 to 1990, Calder said.

Calder said crisis and grief counselors were available Friday to employees in the office where Koontz worked and some employees were allowed to leave work early.

As part of the conditions of her bail, Mary Koontz will be transfered to the Baltimore County Detention Center should doctors at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center determine she can be released. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 17 in District Court in Towson.

This story has been updated.

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