Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Found Bodies Ruled a Murder-Suicide

Authorities have now identified the couple.

Originally posted at 7:43 a.m. March 7, 2014.

Authorities today identified a man and woman who died in an apparent murder-suicide at their Long Beach residence.

Officers found the bodies after being sent about 3:30 p.m. Thursday to investigate a call of unknown trouble at a home in the 5800 block of Rose Avenue, said Marlene Arrona of the Long Beach Police Department.

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Javier Perez, 47, and Kristie Michelle Perez, 43, had been shot, coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said.

The woman's death was reported as a homicide, and the man's death was reported as a suicide, Winter said.

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The pair lived at the location, and may have been married, Winter said.

--City News Service

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