An apparent attempted murder-suicide left a woman in critical condition and her husband dead, according to Memphis police.

Officers responded just after 11 p.m. Friday night to a shooting in the 6800 block of Gilford in southeast Memphis.

Officers found a woman who had been shot and her husband on the scene. The husband was reportedly armed with a handgun and shot himself, police said.

The woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The suspect was pronounced dead on the scene.

Their names and ages were not released.

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