Elderly Woman Who Allegedly Shot Terminally Ill Husband Released From Jail: Police

In the middle of her 80s, a woman is Florida Accused of killing shooting On a $150,000 bond, her husband who was terminally ill has been freed from prison.

Ellen Gilland, age 76, was first charged with first degree murder she was charged with assault with deadly weapon and aggravated assault for the shooting. Police believe it was part of a suicide deal between her and her husband. Gilland stated that Gilland couldn’t turn the gun against herself when Gilland was asked.

Gilland was previously held without bond. She was released on bond after Judge Mary Jolley had read her charges.

“Based upon the nature of the charge, Ms. Gilland, I am going to hold you no bond on the murder charge and remaining charges,” The judge stated, according to Fox 35 Orlando.

Last week, the charges against Gilland were reduced to assisting self-murder/manslaughter and aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, HuffPost reported.

Daytona Beach Police Department officers arrived at the AdventHealth Hospital around 11.35 am to discover that Ellen had killed Jerry with one bullet. She then locked herself inside his room.

Hostage negotiators were sent to the hospital in an attempt to get Gilland out of his room.

“They announced a code silver shelter in place, and that’s when sort of everything kind of became real,” Dr. Joshua Horenstein told Fox 35.

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“One of the doors banged open, and the nurse came in screaming like this is not a drill. She was semi-hysterical,” He added.

According to the doctor, he was one of two people who hid from doctors for over an hour in a closet.

Police used flash bangs and a Taser for nearly four hours to convince Gilland to give up the gun. Fox 35 reports that Gilland was not considered to be a threat to others and that there were no injuries to staff members or patients.

Jakari, Daytona Beach Police chief Jakari and Ellen Young revealed that Gillands had plotted the murder-suicide several weeks before Ellen shot the gun.

“They had a conversation about it, and they planned this approximately three weeks ago that if he continues to take a turn for the worst that he wanted her to end it,” Young said.

Gilland’s smuggling into hospital was not known, but the chief of police said that there were no metal detectors in the building.

“It’s a tough situation where her husband’s terminally ill so she was already in a depressed state just based on her husband being terminally ill and knowing that the end was near,” Young added.

Young claimed that Jerry had planned to take his own life, but was too weak to trigger the gun. reported. Police said that Ellen initially planned to kill Jerry. She then took the gun and shot herself.

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