Couple found shot dead in Mass. apartment in apparent murder-suicide
Police found a couple shot dead in a Lawrence apartment Saturday night in what appears to have been a murder-suicide, the Essex County District Attorney's Office announced Sunday evening.
Lawrence police responded to an apartment building at 582 Essex St. for a well-being check shortly after 9 p.m., the district attorney's office said. At the scene, officers discovered a 32-year-old man and 30-year-old woman dead from gunshot wounds.
The preliminary investigation suggests the man and woman were in a long-term relationship, the district attorney's office said. Authorities are withholding their identities until their next of kin have been notified of their deaths.
The district attorney's office, Lawrence police detectives and the Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner's Office are investigating the deaths. No further information about the incident has been released.
The district attorney's office advises anyone facing domestic violence to call SafeLink, the state's toll-free domestic violence hotline, at 1-877-785-2020.
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