Mountlake Terrace police are investigating a case of apparent murder-suicide involving a husband and wife Thursday afternoon.
According to Mountlake Terrace Police Chief Pete Caw, police were called to the home just before 3 p.m. after a man reported that he believed his father had died by suicide. Officers arrived and discovered a deceased man and a woman in a bedroom of the home.
The man, in his 70s, appeared to have suffered a gunshot wound, Caw said. No trauma was initially seen on the woman, whose exact age was undetermined. Detectives obtained a search warrant and after returning to the residence they discovered that the woman had suffered a gunshot wound to the back of her neck.
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office took custody of the bodies, Caw said.
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