Two people are dead after a shooting at a home in Hamilton Township, police said.Police said they initially went to the residence in the 3000 block of U.S. Route 22 for reports that a man had shot a woman.Watch news conferenceHamilton Township police Chief Scott Hughes said when police arrived around 2:20 p.m, they heard gunfire inside the house.Moments later, an officer was confronted by a man with an assault-style rifle in the driveway of the home, Hughes said.Hughes said the man told officers he had just fatally shot his wife and wanted police to shoot him.When officers advised the man to get on the ground, he backed out of view and officers heard more gunfire.Warren County's SWAT team was then called in and officers found the body of the man and woman outside of the residence.Hughes said two teenagers were inside the residence at the time, but at least one was able to flee to a neighbor's house. The teenager told police there had been an altercation between the two people.Police have not released the names of the deceased.It is unclear whether the pair were still married.The home is near Little Miami High School. Both the junior and senior high schools were locked down temporarily, but are now open.

Two people are dead after a shooting at a home in Hamilton Township, police said.

Police said they initially went to the residence in the 3000 block of U.S. Route 22 for reports that a man had shot a woman.

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Hamilton Township police Chief Scott Hughes said when police arrived around 2:20 p.m, they heard gunfire inside the house.

Moments later, an officer was confronted by a man with an assault-style rifle in the driveway of the home, Hughes said.

Hughes said the man told officers he had just fatally shot his wife and wanted police to shoot him.

When officers advised the man to get on the ground, he backed out of view and officers heard more gunfire.

Warren County's SWAT team was then called in and officers found the body of the man and woman outside of the residence.

Hughes said two teenagers were inside the residence at the time, but at least one was able to flee to a neighbor's house. The teenager told police there had been an altercation between the two people.

Police have not released the names of the deceased.

It is unclear whether the pair were still married.

The home is near Little Miami High School. Both the junior and senior high schools were locked down temporarily, but are now open.