Bail was set at $5 million Monday for a man accused of shooting his wife to death Friday evening in Des Moines.

Monique Vance was at her brother's apartment in the 21800 block of 31st Avenue South when witnesses said they heard shots around 7 p.m. on April 27.

Investigators were told Vance came down the apartment stairs with a man chasing her while firing a gun. She was discovered dead outside an across-the-street duplex.

Vance was given a SeaTac Municipal Court order barring contact from her husband on Feb. 20. She told the court that her husband had hit her with his car at their SeaTac home during a party.

Her husband has been convicted of assault, hit-and-run driving and theft.

The victim, 37, worked as a contractor for T-Mobile.

The couple was married three years ago.