Couple Was "Obsessed With Weapons"

"State College, PA - One man is dead after police stormed his College Township home and found him and his wife unconscious with a loaded handgun and suicide note nearby, police said.

"The man, 41, and the woman, 45, were taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center at about 4 p.m., police said. Friends later confirmed the two residents as William and Jennifer Nelson, who had been married for about 10 years.

"Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers confirmed Monday that William Nelson was pronounced dead at the hospital at 4:22 p.m. Sayers said the cause of death is still unclear, as there was no outward injury or trauma to Nelson's body. An autopsy will take place today, Sayers said.

"Jennifer Nelson was listed as in fair condition as of Monday night, hospital officials said.

"Police received a call at about 1:20 p.m. reporting a couple at 244 1/2 Independence Ave. who were threatening to hurt themselves, according to a State College Police Department press release. The caller told police the husband and wife were drug and alcohol abusers, had access to multiple firearms at the residence and were `obsessed with weapons,` according to the release.

"But Andrew Budziak, who said he was the Nelsons' landlord and close friend, said William Nelson owned a gun but was not violent. The only time he fired the weapon, he said, was into a dresser by accident."

Source: The Daily Collegian...