Murder-suicide suspected in deaths of Danville couple

Danville police officers who heard a gunshot while responding to a 911 call entered a home Monday morning and found a husband and wife shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.

Police said officers found the bodies of Edward Perry, 77, and his wife, Patricia Perry, 67, inside the home on Glen Eagle Court at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Crow Canyon Country Club community.

It was not immediately known why the deaths were being classified as a murder-suicide.

Steve Rubenstein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: srubenstein@sfchronicle.com