A family member who went to check on 61-year-old Clyde Langan and his wife, Denise Langan, 60, about 4 p.m. Saturday and found the bodies in their northwest Columbus home, Capt. Todd Thalken said Tuesday.

He said investigators are trying to determine whether the shootings were a murder-suicide or the result of a suicide pact. So far it appears that Clyde Langan used a handgun to shoot his wife and then himself.