St. Paul police: 2 cousins dead in likely murder-suicide
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Police in St. Paul say an 18-year-old man shot his cousin in St. Paul Tuesday before dying by suicide.
Police originally called the fatal shootings a double homicide, but on Thursday said the deaths are now being investigated as a murder-suicide.
Police identified the decedents as Jonathan Evans, the alleged shooter, and his cousin, 27-year-old Tracey Loving.
The killings occurred at an apartment complex on the 1400 block of Minnehaha Avenue East. Loving was found dead inside an apartment around 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, while Evans was found outside the building.
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