2 dead in apparent murder-suicide shooting in Douglasville, police say

Police on Friday found two people dead in a vehicle with gunshot wounds in a Douglasville shopping center parking lot.

Officers responded to a report of two people shot at Chapel Hill Village on Chapel Hill Road at around 7 a.m.

Based on an initial review, investigators believe the incident is a murder-suicide, the department said in a social media post.

The identities of the two people have not been released.

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