Pensioner shoots dead terminally ill husband in hospital before she's wheeled out by cops

Ellen Gilland, the pensioner who shot dead her terminally ill husband, was wheeled out of the hospital and straight into a prison cell after a four-hour stand off that had an explosive end

Ryan Merrifield and Ewan Gleadow Social News Reporter

13:36, 27 Feb 2023Updated 13:36, 27 Feb 2023

[Ellen Gilland, who shot dead her terminally ill husband, was escorted out of the hospital in a wheelchair]

Ellen Gilland, charged with shooting dead her terminally ill husband, was escorted out of the hospital in a wheelchair(Image: Daytona Beach PD)

A woman who shot dead her terminally ill husband was wheeled out by law enforcement after a four hour stand-off between her and police.

Ellen Gilland, 76, was charged with first-degree murder last month after carrying out the murder of husband Jerry Gilland, 77, in what is believed to have been a suicide pact.

She was unable to carry through with killing herself and instead engaged officers in a four-hour standoff before a nonlethal explosive distracted her, leading to her arrest at Daytona Beach hospital in Florida, United States.

The 76-year-old was eventually wheeled out of the hospital in a wheelchair, with her hands strapped together, The Mirror reported.

[Gilland was charged with first-degree murder following the botched murder-suicide pact]

Gilland was charged with first-degree murder following the botched murder-suicide pact(Image: Uncredited/AP/REX/Shutterstock)

Police Chief Jakari Young said Mr Gilland had "wanted her to end this" should the unnamed illness he was suffering from worsened.

The pair are said to have hatched a murder-suicide plot that was only half complete, as the pensioner found she "couldn't go through with it" after fatally shooting her husband.

Two hospital staff are said to have heard the gunshot coming from Mr Gilland's room, with the patient found unresponsive in a pool of his own blood.

The 76-year-old then began a four-hour standoff, pointing her weapon at police and forcing them to leave the room, sparking what officers at the time described as a "logistical nightmare".

[Jerry Gilland was shot dead and found in a pool of his own blood in his hospital bed]

Jerry Gilland was shot dead and found in a pool of his own blood in his hospital bed(Image: Facebook)

Eventually, said teams used explosives and entered the room, using a stun gun as they tried and failed to subdue her with the weapon.

The pensioner was arrested after firing a shot from her weapon into the ceiling and subsequently dropping the weapon.

She was photographed leaving the hospital strapped to a wheelchair, with her hands bound as officers escorted her away to Volusia County Jail, where is awaiting her March 22 trial.

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