Woman Who Killed Ill Husband in Hospital Faces Murder Charge

Woman Who Killed Ill Husband in Hospital Faces Murder Charge
Ellen Gilland. Volusia County Corrections
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—A woman who fatally shot her terminally ill husband inside a Florida hospital was taken into custody over the weekend after SWAT team members used a nonlethal explosive device to distract her and then tried to use a stun gun on her, authorities said Monday.

However, the Taser gun failed to subdue 76-year-old Ellen Gilland, and she fired a shot into the ceiling of her husband’s room inside AdventHealth Hospital before dropping the handgun and being taken into custody after a four-hour standoff, according to a police report from the Daytona Beach Police Department.