Paramedics Pronounce Elderly Couple Dead

"BIG BEAR LAKE, CA — An elderly man called Sheriff's dispatchers early this morning to report he had just killed his wife and when deputies arrived at the scene, they found the man had turned the gun on himself.

"The man made the call about 3:15 a.m.from the couple's home in the 200 block of Knoll Road, which sits very close to Big Bear Lake.

"`The 78-year-old suspect called, saying he just killed his 80-year-old wife,` said Jodi Miller, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. `When deputies arrived at the scene, they found him sitting next to her suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.`

"Paramedics pronounced the man and his wife dead at the scene, she said.

"The identities of both the man and his wife have not yet been released.

"`We are waiting for the next of kin to be notified,` Miller said.

"Sheriff's detectives are conducting a homicide investigation."

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