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Virginia Beach Police investigate after alleged murder-suicide leaves two dead

Posted at 1:33 PM, Dec 03, 2018
and last updated 2018-12-04 16:22:48-05

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Officers are investigating a shooting that happened Monday afternoon and left a man and a woman dead.

Police said the incident happened in the 1100 block of Revelstoke Court around 11:45 a.m. and that police responded after dispatch received a call from a person who was concerned about the well being of a coworker.

Two victims were found injured at the scene. Officials say the man died from his injuries when they were on-scene, while the woman later died from her injuries at a near by hospital. After an investigation, police said the incident was believed to be a murder-suicide.

The two people have been identified as 62-year-old John Dowling and 67-year-old Elizabeth Engle.

This case remains under investigation, no further information available at this time.

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