Name: Shirley Harrison.
Died: December 31, 2001.
Age at death: 74.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Stroke.
Details:
Shirley was hospitalized after a recent stroke; her husband shot her as she lay in the hospital bed.
Case status:
Thomas Harrison (Husband), pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, sentenced to 20 years.
Source:
From ‘mercy killing’ to ‘domestic violence’: Shirley Harrison, the Chicago Media and Not Dead Yet
Man, 77, sentenced for killing his wife