Crime & Safety

DA Investigating Plymouth Twp. Murder-Suicide

Police discovered two bodies Sunday after a 911 caller requested a well-being cheek.

The Montgomery County District Attorney has announced a joint investigation with Plymouth Township Police Chief Joseph Lawrence into two shooting deaths that occurred Sunday in the township.

Police were called to a home at 16 Wilmer Ave. around 5 p.m. Sunday after a 911 caller requested a well-being check on the occupants of the home, the District Attorney's Office said.

Upon entering the home, police found a man and a woman, each dead of an apparent gunshot wound.

Autopsies ruled that the woman's death was a homicide and the man's a suicide, the District Attorney's Office said.

Identities are being withheld pending family notification.


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