Crime & Safety

GCPD Investigating Murder-Suicide

The victims are believed to be a divorced couple still sharing a home in unincorporated Lawrenceville, Ga.

On Saturday morning, Gwinnett County Police responded to a call about a domestic dispute at a home in unincorporated Lawrenceville.

When they arrived at 211 Ashland Creek Court, officers found a male and a female with gunshot wounds. Both were dead by the time GCPD came in.

Investigators say it appears to be a murder-suicide.

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The man was aged 50 and the woman 37. It is believed the two were a divorced couple still sharing the same house. The couple's children, ages 10, 15 and 17, were home at the time of the crime.

Detectives are attempting to notify family members before releasing the victims' names.

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