Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide after a man and woman were found fatally shot inside a Westwood home early Friday, sending shock waves through the well-to-do neighborhood. <\/p>\n
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to reported gunshots at a residence on the 1300 block of Holmby Avenue at around 5:45 a.m., according to a department spokesperson. Inside, a man and woman believed to be in their mid-40s were found dead from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
Preliminary evidence suggests the man shot the woman before turning the gun on himself, the spokesperson said. Their identities have not yet been released by authorities. <\/p>\n
A neighbor told KTLA-TV<\/a> that they were a couple, that the wife was eight-and-a-half months pregnant and that they had just hosted a baby shower at their home on July 4. <\/p>\n \u201cThey seemed like a pretty happy couple, talking, walking hand in hand,\u201d Rich Schultz told the station. <\/p>\n Schultz said nothing seemed amiss with their relationship and described the incident as \u201cone of those crazy things that who knows what was going on underneath.\u201d<\/p>\n The grisly incident is the latest in a string of suspected murder-suicides reported among families in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n Last month, a man is believed to have fatally shot his 10-year-old twin sons<\/a> before turning the gun on himself in Canoga Park. <\/p>\n In May, police found a husband, wife, 6-day-old infant and 2-year-old child shot to death in a North Hills home. In that case, authorities believe the mother was responsible for slaying the family<\/a> and then killing herself. <\/p>\n