Police probing apparent murder-suicide in Phoenix
Police
in Phoenix have opened a murder case and an inquest docket after a 44-year-old
woman was shot and killed, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend, who was later also
found dead.
According to authorities, the 39-year-old man arrived at the woman's home this morning as she was preparing to leave for work.
An argument broke out and the man is said to have taken out a gun, shooting the woman dead.
“The suspect left the scene and went to his Goslen Place home which is just metres away form the scene and he was found lying in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound,” says KZN police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda.
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“A firearm was also found lying next to his body.”
Preliminary investigations revealed that the firearm did not belong to him and a probe to ascertain the ownership of the gun is underway.
The motive of the killing is subject to police's investigations.
