Police said the woman was taken into custody at about 3 p.m. EST on Saturday.
Police said a woman shot her terminally ill husband at a Florida hospital on Saturday.DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A woman fatally shot her terminally ill husband at a Florida hospital on Saturday and then barricaded herself inside his room, authorities said.During a Saturday afternoon news conference, officials with the Daytona Beach Police Department said the woman was taken into custody after she fatally shot her husband at Advent Health Hospital in Daytona Beach.
“Upon arrival, our officers were directed to the 11th floor, where they encountered an elderly female who had apparently shot her terminally ill husband,” Daytona Beach police Chief Jakari Young told reporters. “My hostage negotiators were able to establish a dialogue with the wife.” Young identified the victim as Jerry Gilland, 77, and the shooter as his 76-year-old wife, Ellen Gilland of New Smyrna Beach.“It was a very trying day for us, but I’m proud of everybody,” Young told reporters.“Because he was terminally ill, they had a conversation about it, and they actually planned this approximately three weeks ago, that if he continued to take a turn for the worse, that he wanted her to end this,” Young said.
The chief added that the couple had apparently agreed to a murder-suicide but the woman did not turn the gun on herself. “She killed him and she was going to turn the gun on herself but decided she couldn’t go through with it,” Young said.a news releaseOfficers evacuated staff members and patients near the room at the Daytona Beach hospital, adding that the woman was not a threat to hospital personnel,
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