Police investigating the deaths of a husband and wife found inside a Las Vegas home suspect the wife shot and killed her husband with a handgun before killing herself.
Metro Police visited the house on the 6200 block of Elton Avenue near Jones Boulevard just south of U.S. 95 on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a report that two people inside were dead.
Police say a preliminary investigation indicates the couple died in a murder-suicide.
The Clark County Coroner's Office is expected to release the couple's names.
Police say it marks the 57th homicide in the Las Vegas area this year.
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