Patterson police investigate possible murder suicide

Patterson police are awaiting a coroner’s determination in their investigation of a possible murder-suicide.

Dead are a man in his 60s and a woman in her 20s, Police Chief Garrett Grogan said Friday.

Officers were called to a home in the 700 block of St. Michael Street at about 1 p.m. Thursday, Grogan said. They discovered the bodies, both of which bore gunshot wounds.

Investigators also recovered a weapon, Grogan said.

Officers called in the Coroner’s Office to the home. St. Michael is two blocks northeast of U.S. 90 between Wise and St. Peter streets.

Police haven't released the names of the victims.