Double fatal shooting in Spencerville

Two people are dead in Spencerville, as the Montgomery County homicide total remains on course to match or exceed the 2017 total, which was already a 31% increase over the 2016 murder numbers. Montgomery County police are investigating the deaths as a suspected murder-suicide.

On Saturday around 8:00 PM, police and fire personnel responded to a home in the 15100 block of Peach Orchard Road. They discovered a 56-year-old male and a 53-year-old female, both deceased, inside the home.  The victims had apparent gunshot wounds to their bodies, and a gun was recovered at the scene.

Detectives have not said what drew them to the home Saturday night.