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WEBVTT THIS A SAD DAY FOR HOWARDCOUNTY.>> POLICE WENT TO THIS HOME INTHE 4600 BLOCK OF SHEPHERD LANEIN ELLICOTT CITY TO INVESTIGATEA SHOOTING.IN THE BACKYARD THEY FOUND THECOUPLE WITH GUNSHOT ONES.A MEDEVAC FLEW THEM TO SHOCKTRAUMA WHERE THEY DIED.>> THE COUPLE HAD THREE TEENAGEBOYS WHO WERE HOME INSIDE THEHOUSE AT THE TIME OF THESHOOTING AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSEBOYS WHO CALLED 911.BARRY: A WELL-KNOWN COUPLE, HESERVED AS A MANAGING PARTNER ATPREMIER MEDICAL MANAGEMENT ASWELL AS GENERAL MANAGER OF AREALTY COMPANY.THE SIZE CAN BE FOUND IN THESURROUNDING AREA.SOME LISTING BETH AS THE PERSONTO CONTACT.>> THIS VERY MUCH APPEARS TO BEA DOMESTIC SITUATION IN WHICHTHE HUSBAND SHOT HIS WIFE ANDTHEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF.WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE MOTIVEMIGHT HAVE BEEN BUT THERE IS NOINDICATION THAT ANYONE ELSE WASINVOLVED.>> THEY WERE FRIENDS OF MINE FORA LONG TIME FOR MY LIKE THEMBOTH, I WOKE UP WITH THEDEVASTATING NEWS LIKE MANYPEOPLE DID AND HOWARD COUNTY.>> THE COUPLE HELD CAMPAIGNFUNDRAISERS TO SUPPORT HIM.>> A COUPLE THAT WERE INVOLVEDIN THE COUNTY IS GONE.MY WIFE AND I WILL KEEP THEM INOUR PRAYERS AND OFFER ANYSUPPORT WE CAN TO THE FAMILY.VERY: THE THREE SONS WHO WERE INTHE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THESHOOTINGS ARE NOW WITHRELATIVES.

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An Ellicott City man fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide Monday night, Howard County police said. Samuel Lancelotta, 48, shot his wife, Beth, also 48, and then himself at 10:40 p.m. in the backyard of their home in the 4600 block of Sheppard Lane, police said."Sadly, the couple had three teenage boys inside the house at the time of the shooting, and it was one of those boys who called 911," Howard County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said.Samuel and Beth Lancelotta were flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore, where both died, police said.Police said the motive for the shootings is unknown."This very much appears to be a domestic situation where a husband shot his wife, then turned the gun on himself. We don't know what the motive might have been. There is no indication anyone else was involved," Llewellyn said. The Lancelotta were a well-known couple in Howard County. Samuel Lancelotta served as a managing partner at Premier Medical Management as well as general manager of Lancelotta Realty. The realty company signs can be found in the surrounding area, some of them listing Beth Lancelotta as the person to contact. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman, who knew the couple, called Tuesday a sad day for Howard County. "Both Beth and Sam have been friends of mine for a long time. I liked them both. I woke up to the news this morning like many others in Howard County. I was shocked and saddened," Kittleman said. Kittleman said the couple held campaign fundraisers to support him. "A couple that was very involved in our close Howard County Community are gone. My thoughts and prayers go out to their sons and their family. My wife, Robin, and I will keep them in our prayers and offer support to the family," Kittleman said. Police said the three sons who were in the home at the time of the shootings are now with relatives. Also on WBALTV.com: