Ottawa police are investigating the deaths of two people in the city’s south end early Tuesday as a murder-suicide, officials said.
Police said in a press release that officers were called to a home on Pheasant Run Drive in Old Barrhaven at around 1 a.m., where they found the bodies of a man and a woman.
Police have identified them as Virginia Theoret, 82, and Kurt Theoret, 84.
Police said officers responded to the scene after Kurt Theoret called 911. He then took his own life, police said.
They said the incident marks Ottawa’s 12th homicide of the year.
Police did not provide further details on the deaths, but called them “a deeply tragic incident.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators.