AKRON, Ohio — A 66-year-old man entered a hospital intensive care unit and shot his 65-year-old wife while standing at her bedside, Ohio police said.
Akron police Capt. Dan Zampelli told the Akron Beacon Journal that Saturday night’s shooting of Barbara Wise of Massillon may have been an attempted mercy killing.
“It seems to be slanting that way. He wanted to take away her suffering,” Zampelli told the newspaper.
Wise and her husband, John, have been married 45 years.
She remained in…
