HARVEY, La. (WGNO) — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO) is investigating a shooting that left a man and a woman dead in Harvey on Saturday, June 24.
JPSO Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said deputies responded to a report of gunfire around 12:00 a.m. in the 1600 block of Apache Drive where they found an unresponsive woman and a wounded man inside a home.
Deputies said both suffered injuries from at least one gunshot wound. The woman died at the scene and the man was transported to a hospital, where he later died.
Lopinto said JPSO investigators believe that the man shot the woman before shooting himself.
JPSO did not release any additional information.
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