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PD: Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at Scottsdale's Cholla Park

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Posted at 2:54 PM, Apr 28, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-29 14:13:10-04

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Scottsdale police have identified two people found dead at Cholla Park on Tuesday.

Officers were called to the area near Via Linda and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard before 2 p.m. after hearing about shots fired.

When officers arrived, they found two people with obvious gunshot wounds.

Fifty-year-old Tammy Welch was pronounced dead at the scene. The second person, 59-year-old Lawrence Labine, was taken to the hospital where he later died.

Investigators have learned that Labine and Welch were once married.

Police believe Labine had two handguns and shot Welch as she sat in her vehicle before turning a gun on himself.

No further information has been released.