A Josephine County couple was found dead early Wednesday morning in an apparent murder-suicide, the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety reported.

Officers responded to the area of 1103 N.W. Sunset Drive in Grants Pass at about 12:25 a.m. after receiving a 911 call from a woman who reported a "disturbance with her husband." The 911 operator reported hearing a struggle for the phone while gathering the woman's location and heard noises that sounded like gunshots. A second 911 caller reported hearing gunshots fired at the home.

Officers found Jessica M. Thompson, 30, and Charles J. Perowski, 28, dead at their home. Other family members, according to the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, have taken in two children who were in the home at the time of the apparent murder-suicide.

The case is under investigation, and the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety urges anyone with more information to contact the department at 541-450-6260.

-- Jim Ryan

503-221-8005