PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police in Philadelphia say that an officer and his estranged wife were found dead inside a home and that they are investigating it as a murder-suicide.
Police Commissioner Richard Ross says couple’s 17-year-old daughter called police to check on her parents after she could not reach one of them. They also have an 11-year-old son.
The victim, 36-year-old Evelyse Rodriguez, was found in a dining room with gunshot wounds. The officer, 39-year-old Jose Rodriguez, was found in the basement with a self-inflicted gunshot.
Ross says the 11-year veteran had been supposed to work Sunday night but didn’t show up. He calls it “a very tragic and sad day for us.”
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