"Blue Bloody Murder"

"PENACOOK, NH — A man shot a woman and then killed himself in front of police officers this morning at a home on Elm Street in Penacook, officials [said].

"Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin [said] the shooting, which happened at about 8 a.m., appeared to be a murder-suicide, and children were at the home but uninjured when it happened. Concord police officers have been at the home at 230 Elm Street all morning, cordoning off the driveway with caution tape.

"A neighbor called the police after hearing a gunshot at about 7:45 a.m., and `then she heard the kids scream,` said another neighbor, Al Brack. `Bloody blue murder. She knew something was wrong.`

"Brack said the man and woman were a young couple who moved into the home about a year ago. He described them as polite and said he hadn’t heard any fighting at the house.

"Strelzin [said] that the police had recovered a rifle they believe was the murder weapon. He said autopsies will be conducted today."

Source: Concord Monitor...