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A 48-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man who died in an apparent murder-suicide in North Hollywood were identified Monday by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded around 7:45 p.m. Friday to the 6500 block of Riverton Avenue between Victory Boulevard and Kittridge Street regarding an assault with a deadly weapon and a shots fired call.

A woman was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside an SUV with the engine running in a residential area, according to police and reports from the scene. The Medical Examiner identified her as Angelica Chavez, who died at the scene in what the office deemed a homicide.

Two houses away, police found Cesar Robles dead in a driveway by from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the Medical Examiner records reports.

Neighbors told NBC4 they believed the man and woman were married.

No additional information was immediately available.

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