Gunshots rang out. Then deputies find couple dead in Johnston County murder-suicide
Two people are dead in a murder-suicide Saturday night near Willow Springs, a Johnston County sheriff’s major said.
A deputy who responded to a 911 call at a home in a subdivision off of Chaney Drive and Cornwallis Road heard what he believed to be a gunshot, said Maj. Jeff Caldwell in a phone interview. During the call a woman could be heard asking for help, he said.
When deputies entered they found a man and a woman shot dead, Caldwell said.
The man and woman shared the same last name, Caldwell said, but he did not confirm whether they were married or otherwise related. Their names won’t be released until family members have received notification, he said.
No one else was in the home, Caldwell said. The deaths are still under investigation.
Dan Kane
The News & Observer