Police, DA Investigating Murder-Suicide In Lowell

LOWELL, MA — Police and the Middlesex District Attorney's office are investigating what they are calling an "apparent murder-suicide" in Lowell.

Someone called 911 around 5 p.m. Thursday to report a death at a home on Featherston Avenue. When police got there, they found a couple in their 70s dead together in their bedroom.

Police said it appeared a 79-year-old woman shot her 76-year-old husband dead and then turned the gun on herself.

No additional information is being released at this time.

"This is an isolated incident and there is no threat to public safety," Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Lowell Police Superintendent Kelly Richardson said in a joint statement.