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76-Year-Old Woman Charged In Shooting Death Of Terminally Ill Husband: ‘He Wanted Her To End This’

<p>A 76-year-old woman has been booked on several charges&comma; including the first-degree murder of her terminally ill husband&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wesh&period;com&sol;article&sol;daytona-beach-woman-kills-husband-hospital&sol;42611803" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WESH<&sol;a>&comma; the woman is being held without bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1617156359136362496" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The woman&comma; named Ellen Gilland&comma; also faces &&num;8220&semi;three counts of aggravated assault&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as reported by the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Daytona Beach Police Responded To The Shooting On Saturday<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Daytona Beach police officers responded to the shooting at AdventHealth on Saturday morning&period; Responding officers stated that Gilland shot her husband&period; And &&num;8220&semi;confined herself to his room&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Upon arrival&comma; our officers were directed to the 11th floor&comma; where they encountered an elderly female who had apparently shot her terminally ill husband&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Upon further investigation&comma; it was discovered that the couple planned the shooting weeks prior&period; According to police&comma; the couple made a murder-suicide pact&period; And Gilland was to kill her husband if his health took a turn for the worse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Apparently&comma; because he was terminally ill&comma; they had a conversation about it&comma; and they actually planned this approximately three weeks ago that if he continued to take a turn for the worst that he wanted her to end this&period; Obviously&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re unsure how she brought that gun into the hospital&comma; but this was planned&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Authorities added that the husband initially planned to kill himself&comma; but he became too weak&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1617611919283879937" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Scene Was A &&num;8220&semi;Logistical Nightmare&&num;8221&semi; For Police Officers<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Police received a call about the shooting around 11&colon;30 a&period;m&period; When they arrived at the scene&comma; they were tasked with clearing out the surrounding rooms&period; Officers called the experience a &&num;8220&semi;logistical nightmare&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Because that 11th floor is made up of terminally ill patients&comma; so pretty much all the patients on that floor are on ventilators&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1617617838432481282" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The officers did not have room to evacuate the floor but Gilland never left the room with her husband&period; However&comma; Gilland did put the gun at other witnesses&comma; ordering them to leave the room&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>She never put the gun down&comma; so she never specifically made a threat that she was going to shoot any of us&comma; but she never put the gun down&period; So we would have to assume that&comma; you know&comma; if we were to rush in there&comma; we didn&&num;8217&semi;t effectively communicate that it could have turned into a shootout situation&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Officers reportedly used a &&num;8220&semi;flash bang&&num;8221&semi; device to distract Gulland&period; And make her drop the gun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>It&&num;8217&semi;s called a flash bang that the SWAT team uses&period; They use it&period; It just makes a loud noise&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s like a — pretty sure you&&num;8217&semi;re familiar with that&period; So they threw in a flash bang to distract her&comma; and luckily it worked&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>After negotiation&comma; the woman was taken into custody around 3 p&period;m&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>It&&num;8217&semi;s a tough situation&comma; so her husband &lpar;was&rpar; terminally ill&comma; so she was already in a depressed state just based on her husband being terminally ill and knowing that the end was near&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wesh&period;com&sol;article&sol;daytona-beach-woman-kills-husband-hospital&sol;42611803" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WESH<&sol;a>&comma; it is unclear if the hospital had metal detectors&period; And how the woman was able to get the gun inside of the facility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"109509" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;76-year-old-woman-death-terminally-ill-husband&sol;" data-secure&equals;"460cd1126b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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