One Dead, One "Very Serious" After Nursing Home Shooting

"SUMMIT TWP, MI — A man shot his wife and then himself inside the Health Center at RidgeCrest on Tuesday afternoon.

"The 89-year-old man died. Paramedics rushed the 87-year-old woman to Allegiance Health in `very serious` condition, said Jackson County Sheriff's Lt. Wayne Bisard. Their names have not yet been released. They are both from Summit Township.

"The shooting happened about 2 p.m. inside the women's room at the facility, 703 Robinson Road. The woman was a patient at the health center, Bisard said. The man walked into the health center and shot his wife in the head. He then turned the gun on himself, Bisard said.

"Bisard did not know why the woman was a patient at the health center. She was admitted Monday.

"No one else was injured, Bisard said. "

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