Married couple dead in apparent murder-suicide outside their former Jehovah's Witnesses congregation, police say - CNN

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Law enforcement officials are investigating an evident murder-suicide connected Sunday astatine a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall successful Thornton, Colorado, constabulary said.  

Police successful Thornton responded to a telephone of occurrence astatine the congregation wherever they were told an big pistillate was changeable and killed by an big antheral who then turned the gun himself, according to a statement from police.  

The individuals were joined and erstwhile members of the congregation, constabulary said.  

“The probe is inactive active, witnesses being interviewed, country being examined,” Thornton constabulary said successful a tweet.

“A suspicious instrumentality recovered astatine the country is being evaluated by the Hazardous Materials Unit.” 

There is nary known menace to the assemblage astatine this time, constabulary said.

No motive oregon further accusation is being released astatine this time.  

Thornton is located astir 10 miles northbound of Denver.