Crime & Safety

Police Probing Apparent Marshall Township Murder-Suicide

Police are investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide that occurred Sunday evening at a Marshall residence.

MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, PA — Allegheny County police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that occurred Sunday evening.

County 911 was alerted to the incident in the 600 block of Spang Road at 9:06 p.m. North Regional Police found an 80-year-old woman and 81-year-old man dead from gunshot wounds.

Investigators preliminarily have determined that the man shot the woman to death before calling 911 and turning the gun on himself.

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The pair who died have yet to be identified.

The investigation is ongoing, police said.

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