Louisville police say a husband fatally shot his wife Friday night and then killed himself in their southern Jefferson County home.

John Wortman, 63, and Rebekah Wortman, 60, were pronounced dead about 11:20 p.m. Friday at their home in the 11300 block of Garden Trace Drive, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

John Wortman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and Rebekah Wortman died of a gunshot wound, according to the coroner's office.

A Louisville Metro Police spokesman said the deaths were a murder-suicide.

Additional details were not provided.

Joni Lofton, a friend of Rebekah Wortman, told The Courier Journal that she worked for numerous years with "Becky" in the same tax preparation office.

Lofton said she had changed jobs and not been in close contact with Wortman in recent years, but she called her friend an "amazing person."

"She always had a smile on her face and was just happy," Lofton wrote in a message. "She loved her family, friends and clients. She liked to be busy and was very crafty."

"I have no idea what on Earth could have been the cause of this," Lofton added. "... I just feel numb."

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