2 Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Hospital Room
A man walked into a critical care room at a New Hampshire hospital early Tuesday morning and fatally shot his wife before killing himself, the state's attorney general said.
Police were called to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, near the state's seacoast, just after 6 a.m. after a 911 call reported that shots were fired.
Police found the dead couple in a private room inside the hospital's critical care unit. Attorney General Joseph Foster said their names would not be released until their family was notified. Autopsies were scheduled. Foster released no other details.
At an afternoon news conference, hospital President and CEO Greg Walker said that a "very sad and horrific event took place." Walker said visitors in the critical care unit are restricted to small numbers of family members and the hospital has a policy banning firearms.
The 178-bed hospital remained open after the shooting and Walker said services were not affected by the shooting. Counselors were being made available for staff, patients and visitors.
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