A Florida woman who shot and killed her terminally ill husband inside a Daytona Beach hospital made her first court appearance Sunday and was denied bond.
Online Volusia County jail records show Ellen Gilland, 76, of New Smyrna faces one count of first-degree premeditated murder and three aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges.
No family or friends showed up on her behalf at the court appearance, FOX 35 Orlando reports.
Gilland apparently did not say much during the appearance. She answered the judge’s questions as she was read her charges and then was escorted out of the courtroom.
FLORIDA POLICE SAY WOMAN SHOT TERMINALLY ILL HUSBAND AT HOSPITAL
Pictured: Ellen Gilland
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Daytona Beach police officers were called to the hospital around 11:35 a.m. Saturday and found Gilland had allegedly fired a single shot that killed her husband, 77-year-old Jerry GIlland.
She then confined herself to his room on the 11th floor, which led to a lockdown at the hospital as hostage negotiators tried to get her to come out.
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The incident happened on Saturday at AdventHealth Daytona Beach, Florida, according to police, who said officers saw that the woman shot her husband and stayed in the room, according to FOX 35.
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“After nearly four hours of negotiating, police used a flash bang and a taser to get Gilland to drop the gun. They say she was never a threat to anyone else and no staff or patients were injured,” FOX 35 states.
Police say the shooting was orchestrated.
Police in Florida say that a woman shot her terminally ill husband while he was at a hospital on Saturday.
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“Apparently because he was terminally ill, they had a conversation about it, and they actually planned this approximately three weeks ago that if he continued to take a turn for the worst that he wanted her to end this,” Daytona Beach police Chief Jakari Young said at a news conference, according to WESH 2 News. “Obviously, we’re unsure how she brought that gun into the hospital, but this was planned.”
