Elderly Woman Shot Dead By Husband At Care Home Over Christmas
An elderly man has been arrested following a Christmas shooting at a care home in Essex. The man is suspected of killing his wife, an 81-year old resident at a care home in Walton-on-the-Naze. Rita King was shot dead with a revolver at De La Mer House in Naze Park Road just three days after Christmas. Essex police have launched a murder investigation. Wharf reports: The alleged attacker was Mrs King’s 86-year-old husband Ronald, according to reports. Essex police confirmed the gunman and Mrs King were related and that he had been staying at the care home.