Husband may have shot wife, then himself, according to preliminary investigation.
By MATT HILDNER
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN
December 19, 2009 01:10 am
ALAMOSA - Authorities are investigating the shooting deaths of a married couple found Thursday at a West Side apartment complex.
A neighbor trying to get into the manager's office to see Carmen Martinez, 49, found the woman and her husband Tommy Martinez, 52, there at roughly 3 p.m.
"Preliminarily, it's hard for me to speculate," Police Chief John Jackson said. "But it would appear that Tommy Martinez may have shot Carmen Martinez."
Jackson said Tommy Martinez then may have turned the gun on himself.
The home address for the couple was at the complex at 2315 Vigil Way where Carmen Martinez was a manager, although Jackson said the couple had separated.
Investigators did not know what caused the dispute but were checking domestic court records Friday for leads.
The couple did not have children living with them.
Investigators were in the process of trying to determine if anyone else may have been in the room at the time of the shootings.
They are also awaiting preliminary results from autopsies performed Friday by the El Paso County Coroner.
Jackson said the accident likely happened just before the couple was found given that one neighbor reported hearing two gun shots just prior.
The two were pronounced dead at the scene.
matth@chieftain.com
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