The shooting deaths of a woman and a man inside a Watch Avenue apartment appear to be a murder-suicide, Springfield police said Thursday, but they want to wait for autopsy results before saying for sure.
“Everything we’ve gathered so far points in that direction,” said Deputy Police Chief Cliff Buscher.
Autopsies will take place today on the bodies of Keon Rice, 28, and Jamie Weickart, 30, who reportedly had been dating.
Who shot whom will be verified then, Buscher said.
A family member who shared an apartment at 2124 Watch Ave. with Weickart returned home about 4 p.m. Wednesday to find the bodies inside. Both suffered gunshot wounds, authorities said.
Buscher said police were trying to confirm when the two last were heard from.
"We're still investigating it. We're not going to definitively say this is what it is until we have everything," he said.
Jayette Bolinski can be reached at 788-1530.
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