The Waterford Police Department is investigating the deaths of a Waterford Township couple in their 90s from what appears to be a murder-suicide, officials said.

Police responded to a home on Crescent Road at around 6 p.m. Wednesday on a report of two people dead inside the residence, according to Waterford Police Chief Scott Underwood. A 97-year-old woman and 96-year-old man were found seated in the living room with fatal gunshot wounds, Underwood stated in a news release.

A handgun was recovered from the scene, he stated.

A preliminary investigation indicates murder-suicide, Underwood stated.

Detectives determined that both had “extensive” medical histories, Underwood stated. No other information, including the names of the couple, has been released yet.

Autopsies were scheduled for

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