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Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in Calhoun, Ga. on Friday.

Police responded to the Calhoun Tobacco and Food Mart on the 1400 block of South Highway 41 and were immediately met by a store employee who said she had been shot, according to a news release.

She was suffering from a gunshot wound to her arm and side and the officers provided first aid to stop the bleeding. She was then transported to Hamilton Medical Center by ambulance.

One of the officers saw a man run around the store heading southeast toward Stone Loop and then heard a single gunshot from the 100 block of Stone Loop.

Officers cleared the store and found a woman, Valerie Castillo, 18, lying on the floor behind the counter, unresponsive. She was pronounced deceased on scene by paramedics.

During a search of the Stone Loop area, a man identified as Victor Andres Pacheco was also found deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

An investigation of the incident is ongoing and being led by the Calhoun Police Investigation Division.