Texas Couple Dead In Suspected Murder-Suicide At Medical Examiner's Office

A couple was found dead in a suspected murder-suicide at a medical examiner's office in Texas. Cops were called following reports of shots fired in the Dallas County medical examiner's office Tuesday evening.

Cops who responded to the scene at around 5 p.m. found a man and woman dead with gunshot wounds, sheriff's Investigator William Fritz said, according to ABC7 KVIA.

The man had allegedly walked into the complex and fatally shot his wife, who was an employee at the medical examiner's office, before shooting himself.

"We responded to an active shooter situation here," Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown told reporters. "We got here, and two subjects were deceased. We are not looking for any suspects at this time."

The unidentified man was 51 years old, and the woman, 46, the sheriff's office said. The couple was estranged, Fox Dallas reported.

Authorities believed the man gained access to the office building through an employee entrance.

"This is a secure facility. I have all access. I can't get past the front. I don't want to make too much (about how) he got in. He could have stood in the parking lot and had the same objective," Commissioner John Wiley Price said, the outlet added. "You can have the best security in the world, and you can't stop people who are determined, whatever evil they are going to carry out. He could've sat in the parking lot and done the same thing. He knew where she worked."

Authorities immediately evacuated the office premises and the county health department in the neighborhood.

"The community doesn't need to be alarmed. There is no suspect at large," officials assured residents in the area.

"I'm just looking around and seeing all of the officers, the helicopters and, oh my God, the guns. It's just scary because you know, a bullet doesn't have a name on it," employee Felicia Bendall said, as reported by NBC DFW.

The identities of the couple were not released by the authorities pending notification of their families. No other injuries were reported from the scene.

An investigation was launched into the matter by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office.

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