By Howard Pankratz
The Denver Post
POSTED: 09/13/2010 09:05:34 AM MDT
A Westminster couple who died in a murder-suicide in early September were identified today as Linda and Ernest Tapia by Adams County Coroner James Hibbard.
Hibbard said the shooting took place in Westminster on Sept. 1 in the 2400 block of West 82nd Place.
Linda Tapia, 62, was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and died the next day.
Tapia's husband, Ernest Tapia, 63, died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, said Hibbard.
Westminster Police spokeswoman Cheri Spottke said that Westminster police concluded that the deaths were a murder suicide and are not looking for any suspects. Spottke said the case is closed.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com.
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