MEAD VALLEY — A woman was found fatally shot in a Mead Valley home and soon after, a man described as her spouse was found dead of a gunshot wound in a wrecked vehicle, authorities said Sunday.

Deputies responding to a report of a woman shot found the woman’s body about 8:20 p.m. Friday in the 20000 block of Rider Street, said Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Wallace Clear.

Just before 9 that night, the California Highway Patrol requested help from the Sheriff’s Department regarding a solo-vehicle crash at Old Elsinore Road and Aloha Street in the Perris area, Clear said.

The CHP log showed the initial report to authorities was for a Honda CRV that crashed into a brick wall.

“The adult male driver of the vehicle was found deceased inside from an apparent gunshot wound, and not the result of the collision,” he said.

Deputies linked the woman’s homicide to man in the vehicle, he said.

“It was determined by investigators the adult female and the adult male were in a spousal relationship and the two incidents were a murder-suicide,” he said.

Their names were withheld pending family notification.