CROMWELL, Conn.—A man fatally shot his 81-year-old wife and then took his own life at a Connecticut nursing home Friday, according to a company official.
The woman, who had been a resident of Apple Rehab in Cromwell for three years, was shot in her room, said Michael Landi, vice president of operations for Apple Rehab.
The woman did not have a roommate, and no one witnessed the shooting, Landi said. No one else was hurt, he said.
Police identified the couple as Barbara Brandt and her husband, Dennis Brandt, 82.
Landi said that the motive was unclear and that there were no known threats in the past. It appeared, he said, that the husband walked in the front door, checked in with staff like other visitors do and went to his wife’s room. Staff members in the nearby lobby heard the gunshots, rushed to the room and called 911, he said….