Police: Man kills wife at hospital, son also dead

STRATFORD, N.J. (AP) — A man shot and killed his hospitalized wife on Wednesday and then tried to kill himself, prompting investigators to search their home, where their son was found fatally shot, authorities said.

The Camden County prosecutor's office was investigating whether the same handgun was used in the two deaths and in the man's suicide attempt.

Raymond Wychowanec signed in at Kennedy University Hospital in Stratford, a Philadelphia suburb, at about 9:25 a.m. to visit his wife, officials said.

Hospital staff members said in initial interviews that they did not hear arguing or anything amiss from the woman's second-floor room until 10:10 a.m., when they heard two shots fired, said Capt. Ron Moten, of the county prosecutor's office. The shots killed 62-year-old Denise Wychowanec, authorities said.

When hospital staffers entered the room, 63-year-old Raymond Wychowanec shot himself, authorities said. He was flown to another hospital, where he was being treated for life-threatening injuries.