Elk Grove police said Sunday they are investigating two deaths in what appears to be a murder-suicide. Around 12:05 a.m., police received calls about a woman lying in the road next to the driver’s door of a parked vehicle in the area of Elk Grove Boulevard and Interstate 5, according to a news release from the Elk Grove Police Department. A man was also found in the front passenger's seat of the vehicle. Both had suffered gunshot wounds. The woman, who was in need of immediate medical attention, was taken to an area hospital, where she later died, Elk Grove police said. First responders pronounced the man dead at the scene. Officials have not released the names of the man and woman. Identification will be made by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office. "At this time, based on statements from witnesses, and physical evidence, detectives are treating this investigation as an apparent murder-suicide," police said in the news release. Detectives are not searching for any suspects.

Elk Grove police said Sunday they are investigating two deaths in what appears to be a murder-suicide.

Around 12:05 a.m., police received calls about a woman lying in the road next to the driver’s door of a parked vehicle in the area of Elk Grove Boulevard and Interstate 5, according to a news release from the Elk Grove Police Department. A man was also found in the front passenger's seat of the vehicle. Both had suffered gunshot wounds.


The woman, who was in need of immediate medical attention, was taken to an area hospital, where she later died, Elk Grove police said. First responders pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Officials have not released the names of the man and woman. Identification will be made by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office.

"At this time, based on statements from witnesses, and physical evidence, detectives are treating this investigation as an apparent murder-suicide," police said in the news release.

Detectives are not searching for any suspects.