HURON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) – The Erie County Sheriff’s Office said a husband and wife died Thursday at a nursing home in an apparent murder-suicide.
Deputies have not released their names at this time.
The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. at The Meadows at Osborn Park on Perkins Avenue.
According to a news release, a 75-year-old man came to the nursing facility to visit his wife, who was a patient.
Deputies said the man brought along a handgun, which he hid from nursing staff.
The sheriff’s office responded after staff reported two possible gunshots from the wife’s room and found the pair wounded.
The wife, a 73-year-old woman, died on scene. The man was taken to Firelands Regional Medical Center and died there.
Deputies said the Lucas County Coroner’s Office will conduct autopsies.
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