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LAPD Probes Apparent Murder-Suicide After Couple Found Shot in Porter Ranch Home

Detectives report no public threat during a Robbery Homicide Division review of the evidence.

Overview

  • A son discovered his parents with gunshot wounds Monday night inside their residence on the 20000 block of Como Lane in Porter Ranch.
  • The victims were described as a 55-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman, and both were pronounced dead at the scene.
  • LAPD’s Robbery Homicide Division assumed the investigation and secured the area after officers responded around 9:20 p.m.
  • Investigators say the deaths appear to be a murder-suicide, though a homicide scenario has not been ruled out.
  • Police located a firearm in the home and are continuing interviews and forensic analysis to determine what happened.