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Tue Oct 14, 2025, 03:16 PM Tuesday

Buy a gun when you can't afford health care?

82-year-old accused of shooting, killing her husband appears in court

By Aaron Dixon
Updated: Oct. 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM EDT

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WTOC) ... Deputies ... believe the ... shooting ,,, on September 12 ... was premeditated ...

... Dennis Recker had been admitted to the Preston Health Center ... the day before the shooting due to medical issues ...

... the neighbor found Harriet Recker holding a revolver and Dennis Recker with a gunshot wound ...

Family members told deputies they had never seen her with a gun before ...

... Harriet Recker ... reportedly said, “He was a good man,” and that this was a sad situation ...

“To you all this has just been too much for me, I so wish I could do it with the wonderful family we have, so many good friends ... I am not strong enough or smart enough to do all this” ...

https://www.wtoc.com/2025/10/10/new-details-82-year-old-accused-shooting-killing-her-husband-appears-court/

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