Steve Rossi with the Lemoore Police Department said, "While on the phone, the mother told the family member her husband had a gun and was going to kill her."
When officers arrived, it was too late. They found the couple dead in separate rooms. Police say Martin used a shotgun to kill his wife and then turned it on himself.
Leonard Mendes lives across the street. He said Martin was having a tough time dealing with health issues.
"He had Parkinson's and he would complain about dizzy spells and she had Alzheimer's quite bad, for the past couple years you hardly seen her outside," he said.
Martin was 88 and his wife was 85. A close friend who did not want to be identified said Martin loved to be outdoors, he was a hunter, a fisherman and a retired Navy Master Chief. He also said Martin had trouble walking away from it all and losing his driver's license didn't help.
Eleanor Swearengin and Virginia Ferguson live down the street. They were not surprised by the shooting.
"I had heard he was very despondent because he wasn't able to drive and he just didn't seem like he was happy," Swearengin said.
"He had been told to go into a home and he didn't like that and he didn't want to leave her...maybe he felt this was his only way out," Ferguson said.
Source:ksee24.com
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