North Texas couple killed in Burleson murder-suicide identified
Officials have identified a couple who died in a murder-suicide shooting at a Burleson home Monday.
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Valerie and Steven Feldman were found dead inside a home 300 block of Pin Cushion Trail after being shot, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
Steven, 84, died by suicide and Valerie, 79, was killed, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Burleson police said the 84-year-old called 911 at 3:30 p.m. and stated “he had killed his wife and intended to take his own life,” according to a news release.
Officers went to the home and made several unsuccessful attempts to make contact with the man, police said. They then entered into the home at 4:35 p.m. A drone was then sent inside the home and found the couple dead inside, police said.
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