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De La Mer House care home shooting: Man, 86, is 'husband of dead woman' | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
An 86-year-old man being questioned over the death of an 81-year-old woman who was shot at a care home is believed to be her husband. | |
Rita King was killed at De La Mer House in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, on Monday morning. | Rita King was killed at De La Mer House in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, on Monday morning. |
The man arrested on suspicion of killing Mrs King is her husband Ronald, according to reports. | |
Police said they found a revolver at the scene. A post-mortem examination on Mrs King is due to take place. | |
The manager at De La Mer told how she persuaded the armed man to hand over the weapon. | |
Julie Curtis, who has run the home for two years, said she saw the man walking towards her holding a gun. | |
She put her arm around the man, who had reportedly been staying for one week over the Christmas period, and pleaded for him to drop the weapon. | |
Ms Curtis said: "I put my left arm around him and put his right arm between him and the gun and said, 'Please, please give me the gun', and he let go." | |
Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett, who is leading the investigation, said: "At this stage we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation and our inquiries are ongoing." | |
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