A 76yearold woman came to a hospital in Daytona Beach (Florida, USA) last Saturday morning (January 21). shot her husband, who was hospitalized in an incurable condition.
The police classified the case as “Premeditated MurderSuicide”. The action would have been planned weeks in advance by the couple.
After the shooting, officers quickly arrived at AdventHealth Hospital to find Ellen Gilland, who was armed and armed barricaded in a room on the 11th floorsaid broadcaster WESH2.
“Apparently they had been discussing and planning this for about three weeks because he was terminally ill. If it keeps getting worse, he’d want her to get over it.”said Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young. Jerry Gilland was 77 years old. He was the only patient in the room.
Young also said that Ellen wanted to point the gun at himself, but couldn’t. The hearing to disarm the elderly woman lasted four hours. Ellen, who refused to hand over the gun, was only subdued after agents deployed Stun Grenade and Stun Gun. During the action, the elderly woman even shot at the ceiling.
Cardiologist Joshua Horenstein responded to a Daytona Beach Police Department tweet and reported that he was still locked in a closet for over an hour.
AdventHealth Hospital photo: reproduction
“After hiding in a locked closet for an hour, we went to the general emergency room after word got out that the situation was at least contained.”he reported on the social network.
“She is very sad, it is a difficult situation”explained Young. “She was already depressed just because her husband was terminally ill and she knew the end was near.”he completed.
Ellen will answer for that murder.