COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A man and woman have died in an apparent murder-suicide near Columbia, Boone County authorities said.
Officers went to a home north of Columbia late Monday after receiving a report of shots fired, said Sgt. Brian Leer, spokesman for the Boone County Sheriff’s Department.
When deputies entered the home, someone fired three to five shots through a door. No deputies were hurt, Leer said. Deputies left the home but noticed someone had intentionally set a fire inside. A robot and a SWAT team then entered the house found the two bodies, The Columbia Missourian reported.
They were identified Tuesday as Bobbie Jo Robinson, 39, of Columbia, and 41-year-old Stefan L. Dailing of Moberly.
Autopsies will be performed to determine the official cause of death.
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