Crime & Safety

Couple Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide: Gwinnett Police

A man and woman were found shot dead in a parked car in unincorporated Lawrenceville Sunday in what authorities say is a murder-suicide.

Gwinnett police who answered a "person shot" call Sunday afternoon on Wallace Hill Ridge in unincorporated Lawrenceville found a man and woman dead in parked car, both with apparent gunshot wounds. Authorities said they believe it was a murder-suicide.
Gwinnett police who answered a "person shot" call Sunday afternoon on Wallace Hill Ridge in unincorporated Lawrenceville found a man and woman dead in parked car, both with apparent gunshot wounds. Authorities said they believe it was a murder-suicide. (Gwinnett County Police Department)

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — A man and a woman were found together in a parked car Sunday in unincorporated Lawrenceville, both shot dead, in an apparent murder-suicide, according to Gwinnett police.

Shortly after 3:20 p.m., Gwinnett police officers were sent to a “person shot” call at 1042 Wallace Hill Ridge. When they arrived, they found one adult male and one adult female, both dead, both with apparent gunshot wounds, according to Gwinnett County Police Department spokesperson Hideshi Valle.

Police didn’t disclose the relationship between the two but said that the double shooting appeared to be “domestic related.” The identities of the victims — neither of whom lived at that address, according to Atlanta news station WSB-TV — is being withheld until next of kin can be notified.

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