UPDATE: Murder-suicide shooter attacked victim before, was released from jail

ROSELLE -- The double fatal shooting outside a Chestnut Street home in Roselle on Tuesday was a murder-suicide, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

Dominick Richards, 49, shot and killed Anishalee Cortes, 22, on the driveway of his home before he turned the gun on himself and took his own life, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park said.

Roselle police found the bodies of Cortes, of Newark, and Richards at about 2:30 p.m. and pronounced them dead at the home, Park said.

Authorities found a handgun at the scene, Park said. Autopsies are scheduled for Wednesday.

The Prosecutor's Office's Homicide Task Force, Roselle Police Department, Union County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Unit, and Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit investigated.

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