2 Phoenix roommates dead from gunshots in murder-suicide

PHOENIX – Police are investigating the deaths of two Phoenix roommates as a murder-suicide, authorities said Thursday.

Officers responded to a call near 35th and Peoria avenues around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and found a woman who’d been shot, the Phoenix Police Department said in a press release.

The victim, 66-year-old Terrance Cameron, died of her injuries at the scene, police said.

Police learned from a witness that Cameron’s roommate, 69-year-old Theodore Bower, was suspected of the shooting.

A police helicopter located Bower’s vehicle in a nearby parking lot.

Officers found Bower dead from a gunshot wound inside the car, police said.

No other details were released. The investigation remains active.

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