AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department has launched a homicide investigation after a man and a woman were found shot dead in southeast Austin on Sunday evening.
The incident happened in the 7500 block of South Glenn St.
APD said officers got a call around 4:30 p.m. from someone asking for a welfare check on a family member they had not heard from. Officers making the welfare check could not make contact with anyone inside.
They gained access to the residence and found a man and a woman in their 70s dead with gunshot wounds. It's believed they had been dead for two to five days, police said.
Police believe the man shot and killed his wife before shooting and killing himself. This is believed to be an isolated incident with no threat to the public.
This is being investigated as Austin's 37th homicide of 2023 and was one of three homicides on Sunday, July 16.
Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to contact police at 512-477-3588.