Doc, Patient Dead in Vegas Murder/Suicide

"LAS VEGAS, NV — Police say a physician was shot dead and the patient who shot her died after turning the gun on himself.

"Police Lt. Lewis Roberts says it's not immediately clear why 80-year-old Eliseo Santos shot Dr. Edna Almaden Makabenta a little before 9:30 a.m. Monday at her office and then shot himself.

"Santos died a short time later at nearby University Medical Center.

"Police didn't identify Makabenta, but her name was on the blue awning on the modest white stucco one-story medical office.

"Patients and others say she was an internist who had been planning to retire after more than 20 years in practice."

Source: The Press Enterprise...