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Woman accused of fatally shooting terminally ill husband gets bond
Ellen Gilland, 76, of New Smyrna Beach was granted bond following her January arrest at the Daytona Beach Advent Health Hospital. Gilland is accused of shooting and killing her terminally ill husband.
A Florida judge has granted bond for 76-year-old Ellen Gilland, a woman facing charges after shooting and killing her terminally ill husband inside a hospital in Daytona Beach, part of an apparent suicide plan.
Gilland was initially charged with first-degree murder and denied bond. However, her charges were amended to assisting self-murder/manslaughter, aggravated assault, and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.
On Thursday, a judge granted Gilland $150,000 bond. The judge ordered her not to possess any firearms, take her medication, be under supervised released, and stay away from any hospital unless there is an "absolute emergency."
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Police hold press conference after woman kills terminally ill husband at Daytona Beach hospital
A woman was safely taken into custody after she allegedly shot and killed her terminally ill husband at AdventHealth Hospital in Daytona Beach.
After the hearing, someone in the gallery of the courtroom told Gilland that they loved her. The judge responded and told the audience not to talk to the inmate.
According to police, Gilland and her husband had made a pact weeks earlier should his health decline.
"They had a conversation about it, and they planned this approximately three weeks ago that if he continues to take a turn for the worst that he wanted her to end it," Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young.
Police said Gillan shot her husband in their hospital room on the 11th floor of AdventHealth Hospital in Daytona Beach and intended to shoot herself, but ultimately was unable to do that. What followed what a four-hour standoff until authorities used a nonlethal explosive to distract Gillan and take her into custody.