Atlanta attorney Tex McIver who killed wife issued $200,000 bond

ATLANTA - Prominent Atlanta attoey Tex McIver made his first appearance in a Fulton County court Thursday moing.

The judge issued a $200,000 bond on McIver for the involuntary manslaughter of his wife.  The court also ordered McIver to wear an ankle bracelet monitor and have him tu in his passport.

As a condition of his bond, McIver cannot have conversations with the friend who was the driver of the SUV at the center of the shooting. He also cannot speak to anyone employed by the Corey foundation, the company where his wife served as CEO.

McIver's attoey said his is not a flight risk and has been 

"He's done nothing but be heartbroken since this happened....He can't go to work., he can't do anything."

His attoey also pointed out that today is McIver's 74th birthday.

In September, Atlanta Police said Mrs. McIver, 64, was a passenger in an SUV which had pulled off the interstate at Edgewood Avenue to avoid construction. According to investigators, the SUV had two other occupants at the time and continued to travel on surface streets towards Buckhead. The SUV was on Piedmont Avenue near Piedmont Park. Investigators said, when a gun inside the vehicle discharged, Mrs. McIver was wounded. She was rushed to Emory University Hospital on Clifton Road where she was pronounced dead just before 1 a.m. on September 26.

The incident has been under the microscope ever since her husband, ”Tex, told police he did not know how his .38 revolver went off striking his wife in the front.

An arrest warrant was issued for him yesterday for involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct. McIver admitted to shooting his wife inside an SUV near Piedmont Park in late September.

He said it was accidental and he did not intend on killing Diane Mciver who was the president of Corey Airport Services.

A close friend in the car at the time of the shooting told police she believed it was also accidental and his lawyer also believes he's innocent.