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A husband and wife died Monday in an apparent murder-suicide in Butte.

In a news release issued Monday afternoon, Sheriff Ed Lester said Butte's emergency dispatch line received a call at 8:01 a.m. Monday from a male at 1819 Oregon Avenue who said he'd shot his wife, and she was dead.

The connection was broken, and police arrived at the site three minutes later, at 8:04, and found a woman, 36, and a man, 41, both dead. The woman had suffered a gunshot to the upper torso and the man was shot in the head, according to the news release.

"Investigation at the scene indicates that the male shot the female and then turned the weapon on himself after contacting the dispatch center," Lester said in the news release, adding that the weapon used was a high-powered rifle.

Names were not released Monday.

“Our thoughts are with the families of the individuals involved. This is a difficult situation for our entire community,'' Lester added.

This is the second murder-suicide in Butte this year. In March, Michelle “Rae’’ Farrell, 48, and her husband, Larry Farrell, 70, died of gunshot wounds at their home west of Butte, in what police called a murder-suicide. The investigation showed Larry Farrell shot his wife, then shot himself.

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