ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — A couple from Rowan County died from gunshot wounds Monday night, and officials suspect they died in a murder-suicide.
Rowan County deputies said they responded to the 8900 block of Old Concord Road around 6:30 p.m. when a witness called the sheriff’s office, concerned with a domestic dispute.
Joseph Benjamin Zickafoose, 54, was at his residence with his wife, 51-year-old Melissa Kincaid Zickafoose, according to the press release.
The couple went into a detached garage on the property together, but the two did not come out when someone tried to coerce them out.
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Officers forced their way into the locked garage where they found both Joseph and Melissa dead from gunshot wounds.
The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths.
This is a developing story; check wsoctv.com for updates.
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