Man, Wife Found Shot to Death in Upscale OC Retirement Village

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. ( KTLA) -     He returned to the house and
- A 77-year-old man and his        found the man lying on the
72-year-old wife have been         floor and called 911.
shot to death in their home        Amormino says the couple was
at a retirement community in       dead by the time deputies
Orange County, according to        arrived.
law enforcement officials.         The couple's names have not
Sheriff's spokesman Jim            been released.
Amormino says a caretaker who      This is the second shooting
works for the couple heard         at an Orange County
them arguing heatedly, then        retirement facility in as
heard two gunshots shortly         many months.
after 1 p.m. Monday.               In November, an 88 year old
The caretaker told deputies        man shot and killed his wife
he saw the woman run outside       of 70 years in what was
and then heard two more gun        described by family members
shots.                             as a "mercy killing."         

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