PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating an apparent murder-suicide near West Palm Beach.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera said deputies were dispatched to a home in the 6500 block of Monmouth Road to conduct a welfare check about 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
When deputies arrived, they found an elderly man and an elderly woman dead from apparent gunshot wounds.
A preliminary investigation leads detectives to believe the incident was a murder-suicide.
Both bodies were taken to the medical examiner's office, where an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of deaths.
