Overview
- Deputies responded to a reported active domestic disturbance at the 75 block of Battle Drive and heard a single gunshot as they arrived, law enforcement said.
- The sheriff's Special Response Team entered and conducted a systematic search of the home after officers believed an armed person remained inside.
- Officers located a man inside who had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A woman exited the residence with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest, deputies rendered aid, transported her to a local hospital and she was later released.
- The Hardin County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Unit is continuing the probe and officials have not released identities or further details as the investigation remains ongoing.