ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Tuesday, September 3, 1996 TAG: 9609030174
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: RICHMOND
SOURCE: Associated Press
A woman fired gunshots in a hospital emergency room Monday night, killing another woman and wounding that woman's husband before she was shot by police, authorities said.
Another woman who was being treated for a gunshot wound when the shootings erupted died of a heart attack.
Police said the shootings stemmed from a domestic fight.
According to John Mitchell, a spokesman for Chippenham Hospital, three people - a 50-year-old woman, a 26-year-old woman and a 3-year-old boy - arrived about 7:45 p.m. suffering from gunshot wounds. They were brought in by a husband and wife.
Minutes later, Mitchell said, a 45-year-old woman came into the emergency room and began shooting.
Both the husband and wife were shot, the wife fatally.
The husband was in surgery, Mitchell said.
The woman doing the shooting was in stable condition with wounds that were not life-threatening, Mitchell said.
During the shootings, the 50-year-old woman suffered a heart attack and died, Mitchell said.
The conditions of the younger woman and the boy who came in with gunshot wounds were not immediately known.
Authorities were withholding the names of the victims.
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