California IN BRIEF : REDDING : Hospital Patient Slain; Wife Held

Police have arrested a 78-year-old woman for investigation of attempted murder in what they say was the mercy killing of her elderly husband. Audrey L. Kielpinski was arrested Sunday immediately after her husband, Kash Kielpinski, 83, was shot with a .22-caliber pistol in his room at Redding Medical Center. He was recovering from a stroke and brain surgery when his wife walked into his room shortly after 6 p.m. and shot him, said Redding Police Lt. Chuck Byard. He died at 1:10 a.m. Monday, police said. Audrey Kielpinski was booked into Shasta County Jail and was being held in lieu of $250,000 bail.