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KPD probes couple's deaths

By Olga Peña

Killeen Daily Herald

A husband and wife were found dead outside their home in the 2400 block of Carnation Street in Killeen on Saturday.

Lt. Michael Click of the Killeen Police Department Special Operations said officers were dispatched at 1:30 p.m. in connection with reports of gunfire.

Officers found a 37-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man with gunshot wounds in the backyard.

Click said that each sustained at least one gunshot wound and that the shots were fired in the backyard.

The man, reported to be a military retiree, and the woman, reported to be an active-duty soldier, were pronounced dead at 2:03 and 2:05 p.m., respectively. Click said the bodies were sent to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Science in Dallas for autopsies.

Click could not confirm that the incident was a murder-suicide. “It appears to be domestic violence,” he said.

“It’s unfortunate,” Click said. “Domestics occur, and sometimes they escalate to this.”

The couple’s children were found at the scene; they were unharmed and removed from the home by a family member.

Click said there is some indication that a call from the same address was made to the department earlier this year, but he could not confirm its nature.

Shocked neighbors standing outside their homes described the family as peaceful and the dead man as a caring father. They also said they knew of no violence associated with the couple in the past.