Denver Sheriff's Department Mourns Death Of Deputy Latasha Betterly-Byrd

ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - A deputy in the Denver Sheriff's Department has died in what appears to be a murder-suicide. The female victim was identified as Latasha Betterly-Byrd, a deputy with the Denver Sheriff Department. The male was not publicly identified.

The Adams County Sheriff's Office received a call at about 9:45 a.m. after someone found a body at a home in the 1300 block of W. 67th Avenue.

"Upon arrival, deputies located an adult male deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and an adult female deceased from multiple gunshot wounds," officials from the Adams County Sheriff's Office stated.

The investigation is ongoing. They said it appears to be a domestic violence incident.

Betterly-Byrd had just graduated from the academy in November.