Man Shoots and Wounded Wife at Nevada Hospital

An 88-year-old man accused of shooting and critically wounding his wife Sunday at a Nevada hospital was placed on suicide watch at a local jail, authorities said. Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said William Dresser was arrested after firing one shot with small-caliber semi-automatic handgun that struck his wife in the chest at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center in Carson City. No other injuries were reported. The woman was a patient in a third-floor room when she was shot around 11:30 a.m.Dresser, who recently bought the gun, came to his wife's room in the rehabilitation ward, where she was alone, and shot her in the chest. No details of why she was admitted to the hospital were released, but officials don't suspect foul play.