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Man Kills Wife, Self in Pa. Hospital Hospice Unit

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and killed his elderly wife in the hospice unit at an eastern Pennsylvania hospital, then turned the gun on himself.

District Attorney Jim Martin says it happened shortly after 1 p.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown.

The names of the shooter and the victim haven't been released.

The hospital was not evacuated.

Hospital officials are declining immediate comment.

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