Police said a Lincoln couple attempted a double suicide on April 13 that left a couple dead

Police said a Lincoln couple attempted a double suicide on April 13 that left one man dead and a woman dead after suffering from critical injures.Police were called to the 2300 block of Southwest 18th Street shortly before 11 p.m. A 54-year-old woman, later identified as Rachel Garten, was found alive with a gunshot wound to the head, police said.Garten had called 911 and ushered two officers into the house, and her husband, Eric Garten, 58, shot and killed himself, police said.No police officers fired a weapon.Rachel Garten was taken to a hospital with critical injuries and later died.The investigation is ongoing, but there is no threat to the public, police said.

Police said a Lincoln couple attempted a double suicide on April 13 that left one man dead and a woman dead after suffering from critical injures.

Police were called to the 2300 block of Southwest 18th Street shortly before 11 p.m.




A 54-year-old woman, later identified as Rachel Garten, was found alive with a gunshot wound to the head, police said.



Garten had called 911 and ushered two officers into the house, and her husband, Eric Garten, 58, shot and killed himself, police said.

No police officers fired a weapon.

Rachel Garten was taken to a hospital with critical injuries and later died.

The investigation is ongoing, but there is no threat to the public, police said.