An apparent murder-suicide has claimed the lives of two people only blocks from the Murray State University campus.
According to the Murray Police Department, the shooting occurred Tuesday morning at approximately 7:30 at a residence on Chestnut Street, about a half-mile east of the MSU campus.
Upon police arriving, a juvenile and two adults, 46-year-old Katherine Bryan and 31-year-old Antony Amoroso, both of Murray, were found with gunshot wounds. Bryan and the juvenile were airlifted from Murray-Calloway County Hospital to an unknown hospital where Bryan was pronounced dead.
Amoroso was pronounced dead at the scene by the Calloway County Coroner’s Office.
Murray police said in a statement, “Through investigation, we have learned that Mr. Amoroso shot his girlfriend, Ms. Bryan, and the juvenile before shooting himself.”
No information regarding the juvenile’s condition has been released.
(Photo of scene of murder-suicide courtesy of Murray State News)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
