Man, 75, dies in apparent murder-suicide attempt

Investigators with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office and Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating an apparent murder-suicide attempt Tuesday at a home in the Plantation Bay development west of Interstate 95.

Investigators believe Richard Nickel, 75, shot his wife, Gail, 72, with a .22-caliber gun and then turned the weapon on himself inside the couple's home on Kingsley Lane. .

Deputies said Nickel left a note saying he was concerned about his wife's frail health. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife was transported in critical condition to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach. She was listed in critical but stable condition Tuesday night...