Los Angeles Sheriff‘s homicide detectives were trying to determine a motive Friday behind an apparent murder-suicide that left a husband and wife dead inside a home near Whittier.
Norwalk Station deputies went to a home in the 13500 block of Lanning Drive in the unincorporated South Whittier area about 10:30 a.m. Thursday, according to Deputy Ryan Rouzan.
The deputies had been sent to check on the welfare of the two people, Rouzan said. When they arrived at the home, the deputies were met by a family friend who told them she had not seen the married couple in a few days. That friend gave deputies a key to get into the house.
When the deputies went inside they found the husband laying on the bed with a gunshot wound to his chest. A shotgun was recovered near his body, Rouzan continued. The gunshot appeared to be self-inflicted.
Deputies next found the wife’s body inside the home. She too had suffered a gunshot would to the chest. Both people were dead at the scene, according to Rouzan. Their names were withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Investigators determined the wife was the victim and the husband was the suspected shooter, Rouzan said.
Anyone with information on this murder-suicide was asked to call the sheriff’s homicide bureau at at (323) 890-5500.
— City News Service
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