Death In The Afternoon

"DANVILLE, VA — Danville Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide in the 100 block of Charles Towne Drive.

"Police officers were called to the home at 7:32 p.m. Friday on a report that a man and a woman were found dead.

"`Preliminary findings suggest that sometime this afternoon the male resident of the home shot his wife and then shot himself,` a police department news release said. Police have identified the couple as Charles Edward Ricketts, 77, and Rose Harper Ricketts, 74, according to the news release.

"The police investigation is continuing."

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