Woman told 911 dispatchers everything was fine, but she was dead when officers showed up: police
Updated May 18, 2021;
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A woman called 911 from Brian Womelsdorf’s home in Swatara Township late Friday night in the middle of an argument.
She gave the address in the 600 block of Mohn Street, then dispatchers heard yelling and the line went dead.
Dauphin County dispatchers called back and the woman answered. She said everything was fine and the call abruptly ended again, according to police.
Concerned, dispatchers called back a second time and this time a man answered. He also said everything was fine.
While a Swatara Township neighbor described Brian Womelsdorf and Elizabeth Wise as a seemingly happy couple, police had been called to their in home for a domestic disturbance in March two months to the day before the murder-suicide that ended both of their lives.
Updated: 4:06 PM EDT May 15, 2021
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. Police are investigating a murder-suicide in Swatara Township, Dauphin County that happened Friday.
Police said shortly before midnight, they were dispatched to a house in the 600 block of Mohn Street for a domestic incident.
Authorities did not receive an answer at the door and forced entry into the home. Police found a male and female dead with gunshot wounds.
Police say the investigation is being conducted by Swatara Police detectives, the Dauphin County District Attorney s Office and the Dauphin County Coroner s Office.
Identities of those involved are being withheld pending notification to the families, according to officials.
Man, woman dead in Dauphin County murder-suicide, police say
Updated May 15, 2021;
Posted May 15, 2021
Neighbors said the stretch of Mohn Street where the murder-suicide took place, at the edge of Steelton and Swatara Township, is relatively quiet. Mostly, people keep to themselves.
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A man and woman died just before midnight Friday in what Swatara Township police are calling a murder-suicide.
Township police said they were called to the 600 block of Mohn Street at about 11:59 p.m. because of a domestic disturbance. No one answered when they knocked on the door, police said.
When police stepped inside the home, they said they found a man and woman dead with gunshot wounds. Their identities have not yet been released.
Police say a man and a woman died in a murder-suicide in Swatara Township, Dauphin County.Officers were dispatched just before midnight Friday to a reported domestic incident at a home in the 600 block of Mohn Street.No one answered the door, but officers could hear a baby crying and forced their way inside the home.Police said they found Elizabeth Wise, 36, dead on the couch from gunshot wounds.Brian Womelsdorf, 42, was on the floor with a gunshot wound to his head, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died.Police said the two had been arguing, which ended with Womelsdorf shooting Wise multiple times and then shooting himself.Three minor children were in the home at the time of the shooting, according to police. The children were not hurt and are now with family members.