McAlester, OK: McAlester double shooting ruled murder-suicide

McALESTER — The double shooting that took place in McAlester last week has been determined to be a murder-suicide.

“Evidence analyzed and collected at the scene by MPD (McAlester Police Department) and OSBI (Oklahoma State Bureau) points to the conclusion that this is a murder-suicide,” said McAlester Det. Capt. Gary Wansick.

The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s office has also determined that this was a murder-suicide.

On Dec. 29, Bonifacio Perez, 31, and Elizabeth Lacy, 31, were found deceased in their home on West Taylor Avenue with apparent gunshot wounds, said McAlester Assistant Police Chief Darrell Miller.

According to the medical examiner’s office, Perez’s cause of death is a “gunshot wound of the head” and his manner of death is “homicide.” The medical examiner ruled that Lacy’s cause of death is a “perforating intraoral gunshot would of the head” and her manner of death is “suicide.”