Man Upset by Wife’s Illness Kills Them Both at Hospital

A Westchester Medical Center security guard directs traffic as a Westchester County police car pulls out of the drive to the main entrance of the hospital, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in Valhalla, N.Y. A man shot a female patient and then killed himself at the suburban New York hospital Wednesday, police said.AP Photo/Julie Jacobson

VALHALLA, N.Y.—A man who said he wanted to end his ailing wife’s suffering shot her to death in her bed at a suburban New York hospital Aug. 8 and then killed himself, police said.

Richard DeLucia, 71, left a note at the couple’s condo indicating he was distraught about how his wife, Ann, 70, was suffering and wanted to put a stop to her ordeal, Westchester County police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said.