Husband, wife found dead inside Sterling Heights home on Monday

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – On Monday morning, a wife and husband were found dead inside a Sterling Heights home between Schoenherr and Saal roads.

Police are saying this is possibly a murder-suicide.

Officials say they received a call at 9:30 a.m. Monday from the husband, 87, stating he shot his wife, 86.

Sterling Heights police are now at the scene, as an investigation is active.

This crime is still under investigation.


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