Orleans Parish, LA: Victims of apparent murder-suicide near Florida housing development identified

Published: Monday, July 12, 2010, 7:58 AM Updated: Monday, July 12, 2010, 8:01 AM
Times-Picayune Staff
Orleans Parish officials have identified the 37-year-old New Orleans man who killed his estranged wife, then apparently killed himself near the Florida housing development Sunday night.

Police found Lewis Williams and Kimberly Williams, 35, outside the house on the 2400 block of Independence Street around 6 p.m., Orleans Parish coroner's chief investigator John Gagliano said.
The man apparently shot the woman outside the residence, then shot himself, a New Orleans Police Department spokeswoman, Officer Shereese Harper, said in a news release.
A revolver was lying on the ground next to the man.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was transported to a local hospital, where he later died, Harper said.
The incident was still under investigation on Sunday night, Harper said.
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