A 74-year-old Mullica Hill woman who was being treated at the Jefferson Health Care Center’s Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Unit in Sewell was shot this morning by her husband in an isolated incident at the facility.
The husband then fatally shot himself, according to authorities.
Police said Arlene McKenna was transported to the trauma unit of Cooper Medical Center in Camden where she was pronounced.
Authorities said her husband, Raymond McKenna, 76, of the same Mullica Hill address, died at the scene of the shootings.
The isolated incident at the 60-bed sub-acute rehabilitation center occurred shortly before 8 a.m.
Officers of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and the Washington Township Police Department are investigating.