Two Dead After "Isolated Incident"

"SOUTHINGTON, CT — A woman and her ex-husband are dead following an apparent murder suicide that occurred outside a home on 47 West Street Saturday morning.

"Saudina Mehovic, 37, the homeowner according to Southington property records, was shot and stabbed in the driveway of the home according to police. Nurija Mehovic, 48, the woman's ex-husband, went to the wooded area behind the home following the incident and shot himself once, police said.

"Both were pronounced dead after being taken to area hospitals said Southington Police Sgt. Lowell DePalma.

"`We received a call about 10:30 a.m. with reports that a woman had been shot and stabbed,` said Southington Police Sgt. Lowell DePalma. `We arrived to find the woman in the driveway. The man suspected of shooting her had gone into a wooded area and shot himself.`

"A handgun appeared to be used in the incident but police were unable to say whether the man owned the gun of if he had a weapons permit.

"DePalma said the incident is considered `isolated` and that the two were known to each other."

Source: SouthingtonPatch...