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Women Fatally Shoots Terminally Ill Husband Inside Hospital

The couple has apparently planned a murder-suicide, but the women was eventually taken into custody after shooting her husband, then barricading herself in the Florida hospital room.

  • The incident occurred Saturday morning at Advent Health Hospital in Daytona Beach, Fla.
  • The 77-year-old patient has been identified by police as Jerry Gilland.
  • The 76-year-old wife surrendered to police after confining herself in the hospital room for for several hours.
  • The couple allegedly planned the shooting several weeks ago should the husband take a “turn for the worse,” police said.
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