Sheriff s Office investigates suspected murder, attempted suicide in Medford
The Jackson County Sheriff s Office believes that an elderly man shot his ailing wife before trying to kill himself. He was found injured, but alive.
Posted: Jan 12, 2021 5:07 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
MEDFORD, Ore. The Jackson County Sheriff s Office responded on Monday to an apparent attempt at murder-suicide by an elderly man in southwest Medford.
The agency said that deputies responded on Monday to a house in the 2800-block of Judy Way for two gunshot victims. The deputies arrived to find a woman dead from a shotgun wound. She was later identified as 87-year-old Joanne Marcella Wheeler.