Police: Man, woman dead after apparent murder-suicide in Wilkins Township
WILKINS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- SWAT officers found two people dead inside a home in Wilkins Township after what police believe to be a murder-suicide.
Law enforcement and the SWAT team converged on a home on Thorncrest Drive late Tuesday morning.
Allegheny County police said a neighbor asked police to check on the well-being of a couple fighting inside their home. The neighbor couldn't get in contact with the man and learned he had been stabbed, police said.
When officers couldn't get a response, SWAT was called in.
The SWAT team eventually made entry and found a 59-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman dead. Both appeared to have been cut, and police said the woman had a gunshot wound believed to be self-inflicted.
The man who died is Marinus Iwuchukwu, an associate professor of theology at Duquesne University. He worked for the university since 2008.
"This is a tragedy for all involved and our thoughts and prayers are with Professor Iwuchukwu's colleagues, students, friends, and loved ones," said Gabriel Welsch, vice president for marketing and communications at Duquesne, in a statement to KDKA-TV.
The woman was identified by the coroner as Charce Dunn.
Allegheny County homicide detectives initiated an investigation.