Woman killed in apparent murder, attempted suicide in Portage
August 12, 2015 8:45 pm
Joyce Russell
PORTAGE | One woman is dead and a man seriously wounded in what is an apparent murder, attempted suicide, police said.
Police were called to the home at 3027 Edith St., in the Sandalwood subdivision, just east of Airport Road, about 4 p.m. on a call of a verbal disturbance, according to Police Chief Troy Williams.
As police were en route to the home, they were notified that shots had been fired.
Williams said when police arrived, they found the woman lying half inside and half outside a sliding glass door in the rear of the home. She was already dead, he said. The man was inside the house, still breathing.
Williams, who is not identifying the man and woman, said the man was transported to Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus in Gary.
A semi-automatic handgun, thought to be the weapon, was found in the house.
Williams said the man and woman were at least at one time married, but was uncertain of their relationship status.
Their adult son who had just returned home, came running out of the house saying his father had a gun, Williams said.
A neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said he was outside when he heard a series of three shots, a scream and then saw a young man run out of the house.
The couple also has a daughter, who is away at college, Williams said.
Neighbors gathered around the home at the intersection of Edith Street and Rose Ellen Avenue. Most said they only knew the couple by waving and that the man spent much of his time working on cars.
They said the neighborhood is usually very quiet.
Williams didn't know if police had been called to the home on any other occasions.
Police cordoned off the home with yellow crime scene tape as more than a dozen police officers went in and out of the house and talked to neighbors. A van from the Porter County coroner's office was on the scene as well as Portage's crime scene investigation unit.
"Our investigation continues and we are saddened that such a tragedy occurred," Williams said in a statement released Wednesday night.
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