BEAUFORT, S.C. —

An 82-year-old woman is accused of shooting and killing her husband at the South Carolina health care facility where they lived.

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called about 10:30 a.m. Friday to Preston Health Center at the Cypress of Hilton Head. Latest Forecast

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Deputies arrived and responded to a patient’s room, where they say they found Harriett Kay Recker, 82, alongside her 81-year-old husband who had a gunshot wound.

Beaufort Co. Sheriff's Office Harriett Kay Recker

The husband died in the room.

Recker was arrested on charges of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

She is being held at the Beaufort County Detention Center.

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