Published: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
Pierce Co. man, woman dead in shooting
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PUYALLUP -- A Pierce County sheriff's officer says it appears that the double shooting that claimed the lives of a man and woman near Puyallup as a murder-suicide.
Neighbors reported hearing gunfire about 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Sgt. Jerry Bates told KOMO-TV that deputies found a 46-year-old woman and a man in his 50s dead on the ground behind a trailer.
Bates said murder-suicide is officers' best initial theory.
He said the couple were living together in the trailer. Investigators said they're not looking for anyone else in the shooting.
Neighbors reported hearing gunfire about 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Sgt. Jerry Bates told KOMO-TV that deputies found a 46-year-old woman and a man in his 50s dead on the ground behind a trailer.
Bates said murder-suicide is officers' best initial theory.
He said the couple were living together in the trailer. Investigators said they're not looking for anyone else in the shooting.
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