Tragedy in hospital New York: woman shot in bed

A woman in her 70s was shot in a hospital in a suburb of New York by a relative who is also in the seventies.

The exact relationship between the two remains to be seen. The woman was found shot by officers in her bed. The man was lying on the floor in the same room. Nothing is known yet about the backgrounds of the drama.

The tragedy occurred in a separate room at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, about 40 kilometers north of Manhattan. There were no further injuries. It is not clear how many shots were fired with the 38. caliber revolver. According to a spokesman of the hospital many departments can not be reached without access passes.