Woman, man dead in suspected murder-suicide in Elgin, Illinois
ELGIN, Ill. (CBS) -- Several police officers in SWAT gear gathered after what authorities said turned out to be a suspected murder-suicide in a neighborhood in Elgin Tuesday afternoon.
At 1:47 p.m., Elgin police officers were called to a house in the 600 block of Raymond Street just east of the Fox River for a shooting. They found a woman who had been shot, and she was taken to an area hospital.
The woman was later transferred to another hospital, where she died, police said.
A man was also found dead in the house, with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Elgin police called the incident "isolated" and said all parties were accounted for. There was no threat to the community, police said.
An earlier police announcement on social media did not say anything about the standoff that was apparently going on at the scene after the shooting. SWAT teams were present, and CBS News Chicago crews on scene spotted police using a megaphone to communicate with someone.
By 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, the standoff had been resolved and the SWAT crews were gone, and evidence technicians were on the scene processing.
Police said the incident was believed to be domestic in nature.
The Kane County Coroner's office is conducting an external examination of the two deceased people, and the Cook County Medical Examiner's office will conduct an autopsy, police said.
The investigation continued late Wednesday.
