Woman shoots terminally ill husband at Daytona Beach, Florida hospital

An elderly woman shot her terminally ill husband in his room at Advent Health Hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida, local officials and witnesses say. The woman is still inside her room and the officers are trying to persuade her to surrender.

The incident began just before 12:00 p.m. Saturday when officers were called “active shooters” on the 11th floor of the hospital on Medical Memorial Parkway. But the situation soon turned out that he was confined to one room.

“Units arrived at the scene to find that a woman had shot her terminally ill husband and was locked in his room,” police said in a statement. and evacuated patients.At this time, women are not seen as a threat to staff or patients.”

Police said they were still negotiating with the woman as of 1:10 pm. Their identities have not yet been made public.

“We are asking everyone to stay away from the area,” police said.