The dark pact between an elderly couple that ended with a shooting, a death and hostages in a hospital

A woman fatally shot her terminally ill husband in the head inside a New York City hospital. Florida on Saturday and then barricaded himself in his room for four hours before turning himself in, police officials told Associated Press.

ellen gilland76, told officers that her husband jerry gilland77, had been suffering from a significant ailment for some timefor which he was hospitalized in the Advent Health Hospital. So far, I don’t know what condition it was.

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As Jakari E. Young, Daytona Beach Police Chief revealed, the man had repeatedly tried to shoot himself but was too physically weak to do so. Accordingly, the couple made an arrangement.

Under a murder-suicide pact, Ellen agreed with Jerry – three weeks before he was referred to a hospital – that she would be in charge of “executing” him as soon as possible. and then take his own life on the spot.

Advent Health Hospital, the medical facility to which Jerry Gilland was referred.

After shooting her husband around 11:30 a.m. Florida time, the woman refused to leave until 3:30 after negotiating with the uniformedPolice spokeswoman Carried McCallister said. During that period, part of the hospital had to be evacuated.

Some doctors, nurses and other inmates even had to take refuge in locked closets and rooms while the woman argued with the security forces and before voluntarily turning herself in. Ellen Gilland ended up not harming herself and no one else was hurt.

Keeping other patients on the 11th floor, where the hostage taking took place, was however a “logistical nightmare” as many patients were on ventilators and could not be easily evacuated, the spokeswoman added.

McCallister also clarified that charges have not yet been filed against the woman. Even so, she is in custody and they anticipate the possibility that she will be found guilty of first degree murder. “She is very sad, it is a difficult situation,” they said from the police department.

It is unclear how the woman entered the hospital with a weapon and whether the hospital facility had a metal detection security system.. Since Advent Health they refused to issue statements to the US press.

With information from AP

Source: Elcomercio