A man and a woman were found suffering from gunshot wounds at a Point Loma apartment Thursday night in what police are calling a murder-suicide case.

San Diego police officers were called to an apartment on Adrian Street near West Point Loma Boulevard about 9 p.m., where they found a woman lying in a hallway at the top of a stairway.

The woman had been shot several times.

Officers carried the woman to an area of safety and began CPR, but she died at the scene, police said.


Other officers searched the area for a suspect and found the man lying inside an apartment on the second floor of the building. He had a gunshot wound to his head that appeared to be self inflicted.

Because police did not know if anyone else was inside the apartment, SWAT units were called to the building. The man died at the scene.

No other suspects were identified.

Police said a preliminary investigation has revealed that the man and the woman, who were in a dating relationship, had been arguing before the shooting. Investigators believe the man shot the woman before shooting himself.


It is not known why the couple had been arguing. Their identities are being withheld pending notification of their families, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.


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