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2 Dead In Maui Murder-Suicide Shooting

911 Call Reported Possible Domestic Violence Situation

POSTED: 9:35 am HST October 20, 2009
UPDATED: 4:12 pm HST October 20, 2009

Maui police found the bodies of two people on Monday night with fatal gunshot wounds, officials said.

Police went to a Makawao home on Iini Way after a call of a possible domestic violence situation and the sound of gunshots at about 10:15 p.m.

Officers discovered the bodies of a 59-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman.

Maui Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the case as a murder-suicide, officials said.

Police have not yet released the victims' identities. Autopsies have been ordered.

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