CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) - Two people found fatally shot inside a vehicle were brothers and the deaths resulted from a murder-suicide, Chandler police said Monday.
The said officers were called to an apartment complex for a welfare check around 10 a.m. Sunday.
Upon arrival, officers discovered two people with shotgun wounds who were declared dead at the scene.
Police said an investigation determined 21-year-old Layton Eskeets lived in the apartment complex and had been at a get-together with his 17-year-old brother who was in town visiting.
Authorities said an altercation occurred between the brothers which continued when they returned to the complex.
Police said it appears Eskeets shot and killed his teenage brother and then turned the gun on himself.
They said a gun was located inside the car.
Since the Eskeets’ brother was a juvenile, police are not releasing his name at this time.
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