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2 dead in apparent murder-suicide outside Ada County home

The double shooting was near Pleasant Valley and Kuna Mora roads

BOISE, Idaho — Ada County sheriff's deputies are investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide at a home in the desert south of Boise.

A man and woman were found dead early Tuesday morning outside a home in the 16000 block of S. Vista Avenue, near the Pleasant Valley/Kuna-Mora roads intersection. 

Deputies responded to the house just after 8 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a 911 call from a passing school bus driver who saw the two people on the ground.

When deputies arrived on scene they found the victims with fatal gunshot wounds. No one else was at the home. Two guns were found, including one that appears to have been used in both shootings.

Detectives believe the man and woman had an argument outside the home prior to the shooting, around 8 p.m. Monday.

Investigators spent most of Tuesday morning gathering evidence at the home. They also flew a drone over the property and conducted several interviews. All evidence points to a murder/suicide.

The Ada County Coroner's Office will perform an autopsy on Wednesday to determine the exact cause and manner of death.

The names of the deceased have not yet been released.

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