A couple described by police only as “elderly” were found dead in Long Beach Wednesday in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide.
According to the Long Beach Police Department, homicide detectives responded to the 5600 block of Corso Di Napoli around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday to perform a welfare check on the couple, who were not answering the phone or the front door of their residence.
Officers went inside and found a woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body, along with a man who appeared to have had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his upper body, police said.
Long Beach Fire Department paramedics pronounced both dead at the scene.
Police said detectives recovered a firearm from the scene and the shooting was being investigated as a murder-suicide.
The couple’s names were withheld pending notification of relatives, but police said they are believed to be husband and wife.
Anyone with information was urged to contact LAPD Homicide Detective Ethan Shear or Eric Thai at 562-570-7244. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.