By Stewart Bishop, Globe Correspondent
A Mattapoisett couple were found dead in their home today, authorities said.
Mattapoisett police responded at about 2 p.m. today to a home on Tallman Street where they discovered the bodies of Joseph Battistelli, 78, and his wife, Shirley Battistelli, 74, said Plymouth district attorney's spokeswoman Bridget Norton Middleton.
The husband was found in the basement where he appeared to have hung himself and had also suffered a gunshot wound. His wife was found on the main floor of the one-story home. Prosecutors did not say how she died.
There was no sign of forced entry, and investigators do not believe there is a threat to the general public.
Autopsies will be conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine the exact cause and manner of the deaths, Middleton said. Police are still on scene and continuing to investigate.
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