Police say Short Street deaths were apparent murder-suicide

Police say evidence indicates that the two people whose bodies were found Monday on Short Street died in a murder-suicide.

The Morgan City Police Department on Tuesday identified the people found Monday as Primos Patrick Johnson, 39, and Alexis Ledean Roberston, 39.

They died from apparent gunshot wounds, the MCPD said.

"According to reports, the evidence indicates that this is going to be a murder-suicide situation," police said Tuesday. "The investigation is ongoing as investigators await autopsy
results."

Officers found the bodies after responding to a welfare concern call about 1:27 p.m. Monday at a home on Short Street.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact the Morgan City Police Department Detectives Division at 985-380-4605.