A 90-year-old man died from his injuries after killing his 89-year-old wife and then shooting himself inside a nursing home in Chester County, officials said.
The shooting occurred Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Manatawny Manor Nursing Home in East Coventry Township, Pennsylvania. An 89-year-old patient was inside her room at the nursing home when a 90-year-old man, later identified as her husband, walked in, pulled out a gun and shot her, investigators said.
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The man then shot himself in the head, according to investigators. He was taken to Reading Hospital where he died overnight and the incident was ruled a murder-suicide, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
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District Attorney Christopher Barrena-Sarobe said that there was another patient inside the room where the shooting happened, but that person was not physically harmed during the incident.
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Investigators said the murder weapon was recovered from the scene and there is currently no threat to the public or anyone else in the nursing home.
