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De La Mer House care home shooting: Man, 86, quizzed over killing De La Mer House care home shooting: Man, 86, is 'husband of dead woman'
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An 86-year-old man is still being questioned over the death of an 81-year-old woman who was shot at a care home where they were both residents. 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.
Police confirmed that Ms King was related to the man arrested on suspicion of murder. The man arrested on suspicion of killing Mrs King is her husband Ronald, according to reports.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place. Detectives said they had found a revolver at the home. Police said they found a revolver at the scene. A post-mortem examination on Mrs King is due to take place.
Earlier, the home's manager described how she confronted a man carrying a gun and convinced him to hand over the weapon. The manager at De La Mer told how she persuaded the armed man to hand over the weapon.
When armed police arrived, staff said they had already taken a weapon off a man in his 80s and locked it away. Julie Curtis, who has run the home for two years, said she saw the man walking towards her holding a gun.
Julie Curtis, who has run the residential home for two years, told the BBC on Monday she had seen a man walking towards her with 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.
She 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." 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."
Mrs Curtis said at first she had not realised the gun was real or whether anybody had been injured. 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."
The manager said her staff had been "brilliant" and had been "staying calm and speaking to the residents who live here".
She said: "Under the circumstances, everyone is coping very well."
Det Ch Insp Simon Werrett, of Essex Police, said: "At this stage we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation and our inquiries are ongoing."