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Last updated on Tuesday, December 17, 2013
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A couple was found dead after an apparent murder-suicide inside a home on the city’s east side early Monday, Indianapolis Metro Police Department dispatchers confirmed.
The bodies were found in the 3100 block of North Gale Street just before 7 a.m. and both victims had been shot, police said.
Detectives identified the victims as Thomas Emery, 27, and Tamika Jones-Fleming, 31. Emery apparently shot Jones-Fleming before turning the gun on himself, investigators said. According to police, the couple was not married and had been dating off-and-on for 10 years.
Police said two children, an 11-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl, were inside the home at the time of the shooting. The children told police they heard the couple arguing Sunday night. They heard a gunshot before they went to bed but didn't realize what had happened until they woke up Monday.
The 11-year-old boy called 911 to notify police about the incident, detectives said.
Police said the children were waiting to be taken into custody by a relative.
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