Elderly man kills wife at nursing home in Pa. – prosecutor says – NBC10 Philadelphia

A 90-year-old man has died from his injuries after killing his 89-year-old wife and then shooting himself at a Chester County nursing home, officials said.

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The shooting occurred on Thursday, October 24, at the Manatawny Manor nursing home in East Coventry Township, Pennsylvania. Investigators say the 89-year-old patient was in her room at a nursing home when a 90-year-old man, later identified as her husband, walked in, pulled out a gun and shot her.

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According to investigators, the man then shot himself in the head. 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 there was another patient in the room where the shooting occurred, but that person was not physically injured during the incident.

Investigators stated that the murder weapon was recovered at the scene and there is currently no threat to the public or other people staying in the nursing home.