Octogenarian Couple Found Shot

"LAKE CHARLES, LA — Investigators say they believe a Lake Charles man shot his wife then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday night.

"Patrol Commander James McGee with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, [said] dispatchers received a call around 6 p.m. about a man threatening his wife at a home on 3701 Heard Road. When deputies arrived they found the body of Ethel Leger, 82, who had died from a gunshot. Her husband, Gurfy Joseph Leger, 85, was bleeding from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Christus Hospital St. Patrick's in Lake Charles. He is listed in critical condition.

"Deputy McGee says the shooting remains under investigation."

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