Detectives investigating shooting deaths of couple near Graham as a homicide-suicide
Detectives are investigating the shooting deaths of a man and woman near Graham as an apparent homicide suicide, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said.
Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer gave this account:
Deputies responded to a 911 call just before 4 p.m. Sunday about a man found dead in a detached garage.
They arrived at the home in the 24700 block of 68th Avenue East and found the body of a 64-year-old man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the garage, where he lived with his girlfriend.
The 62-year-old girlfriend was found fatally shot nearby.
Witnesses said they heard an argument in the garage about 1 a.m.
There wasn’t any known prior domestic violence between the man and the woman.
Further information was not immediately available. Check back for updates.
This story was originally published December 18, 2019 at 2:17 PM.
