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Suspected murder-suicide under investigation in Richland County

Neither of the deceased has been publicly identified at this time as investigators continue looking into the deaths.

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — Authorities say an early morning shooting in the Sandhill area of Richland County ended with two dead.

The Richland County Sheriff's Department said that the call came in around 2 a.m. on Tuesday in the 600 block of Bur Oak Lane - a neighborhood road about a half-mile southwest of Summit Parkway.

Arriving deputies found two people, a man and a woman, shot inside. Each was pronounced dead at the scene.

While the investigation is ongoing, authorities suspect the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide. Neither person has been publicly identified at this time and authorities haven't said how or if the two knew one another.

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