Cop Ends "Months Of Domestic Abuse"

"SAN JUAN, TX — A San Juan police officer fatally shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself early Tuesday morning, bringing a heartbreaking culmination to what relatives said were months of domestic abuse.

"Officers found policeman Jose `Joe` Hernandez and his wife, Rosa Maria, dead on the floor of his apartment at 3901 N. Raul Longoria Road, No. 4, shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday.

"A neighbor told the property’s landlord that they tried to check on the couple, but no one would answer the door. The landlord called police.

"San Juan police requested that the Texas Rangers lead the murder-suicide investigation.

"`We are going to continue the investigation,` San Juan Police Chief Juan Gonzalez said. `Nothing will be left unturned.`"

From The Monitor...