DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A 76-year-old Florida woman has been released on a $150,000 bond Friday evening. She is accused of shooting her terminally ill husband to death in a hospital in Daytona Beach.
Ellen Gilland, 76, was arrested on Jan. 21 after allegedly shooting her 77-year-old husband, Jerry Gilland, at AdventHealth Hospital in Daytona Beach.
Judge Raul Zambrano granted Gilland a $150,000 bond and ordered her to not have access to any guns, weapons, or ammunition, according to WFTV. He also said she cannot visit any hospitals unless she was experiencing a medical emergency, the television station reported.
Gilland was held at the Volusia County Jail since she was arrested in January, The Associated Press reported.
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Gilland was charged at first with first-degree murder but last Wednesday, she was indicted on lesser charges of assisting self-murder/manslaughter, and aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, according to the AP.
Gilland and her husband had a suicide pact that she said was in the works for weeks but she was unable to follow through with turning the gun on herself after she shot her husband, Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said at a news conference back on Jan. 21, according to the AP. Gilland ended up in a four-hour standoff with police.
Police used a nonlethal explosive to get distracted so they could take her into custody, the AP said.