GREENSBORO, N.C. — This case is in connection to the shelter-in-place alert that was sent by Greensboro police overnight Friday.

A long-time friend is still struggling to imagine a world without Alessandra Merchant. He said while the investigation continues , he wants people to remember who was lost.

“It was… a tragedy, " Marcelo Ramos said Alessandra was one of the first people he met after moving to Greensboro over a decade ago.

Greensboro police said 38-year-old Alessandra was found shot to death inside her home off Creekwood Drive Friday night, the result of what investigators call a murder-suicide by her husband, 62-year-old Paul Merchant.

Officers said at one point he even shot at them from inside the home. For friends like Ramos, the last few days have been a blur.

“It’s stil

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