Terminally-ill Florida man, 76, whose wife shot him dead in hospital in sympathy killing wasn’t strong enough to shoot himself so loaded the gun and held her wrist as she shot him in head, court hears – as judge denies her bond

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A woman who fatally shot her terminally ill husband inside a Florida hospital and then barricaded herself in his room for four hours before surrendering in an ultimately failed murder-suicide said her husband wasn’t strong enough to pull the trigger on himself, Your Content has learned.

Ellen Gilland, 76, was denied bond on Friday after being charged with murder.

Family and psychiatrists argued in Ellen’s favor after killing husband Jerry.

Couple planned murder-suicide but husband Jerry lacked strength to fire gun,‘according to NBC News.

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