Man, 88, kills wife, 86
SEAL BEACH, Calif. - An 86-year-old woman was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in her bed at a Southern California nursing home yesterday, and her 88-year-old husband of nearly seven decades was found sitting next to her and arrested on suspicion of murder, police said.
SEAL BEACH, Calif. - An 86-year-old woman was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in her bed at a Southern California nursing home yesterday, and her 88-year-old husband of nearly seven decades was found sitting next to her and arrested on suspicion of murder, police said.
Reports of gunshots at Country Villa Healthcare Center came at about noon, and within a few minutes officers arrived from the California Highway Patrol, Orange County Sheriff's Department and three local police departments, Seal Beach Police Sgt. Steve Bowles said.
A tactical team surrounded the facility and soon entered. Inside they found Clara Laird dead of a single gunshot wound to the head, and found her husband, Roy Charles Laird, in a nearby chair, Bowles said. Officers recovered a .38 caliber revolver from Roy Laird.
"It was in his pocket," Bowles said, and added that Laird gave no trouble to officers who arrested him.
Laird was being held at Seal Beach jail last night. Bowles could offer no information on the motive for the shooting or the couple's health, nor say whether any trouble had been reported between them.