The gesture would have been agreed between them.
According to information from BFMTV confirmed to Le Parisien by a police source, a 71-year-old man killed his wife, hospitalized at the North Hospital of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), with a gun last night.
According to this same police source, the septuagenarian entered the room around 3 am, and shot his wife in the head before turning the weapon against him.
Both people were already dead when help entered the room.
A letter found
The 69-year-old woman was terminally ill with Charcot's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable disease that causes progressive degeneration of neurons and leads to paralysis and death.
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According to a police source, a suicide note was found in the hospital room.
The septuagenarian, unknown to the police but a sports shooter in a club, explains that his act had been previously agreed with his wife.
An investigation has been opened.
