Elderly couple with gunshot wounds believed to have died in murder-suicide

Elderly couple with gunshot wounds believed to have died in murder-suicide
A police car is seen parked behind crime scene tape.
A police car is seen parked behind crime scene tape.
A San Diego Police Department cruiser at a crime scene. (File photo courtesy of OnScene.TV)

Police are investigating the deaths of an elderly couple found shot to death in their Del Mar Heights home as a murder-suicide, officials said.

The bodies of Johann and Kaethe Oesterreicher, both 83, were found shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday in the home in the 12000 block of Caminito Del Pasaje, according to Lt. Chris Tivanian of the San Diego Police Department. A gun was nearby.

“Upon arriving on scene, officers located an adult male and female inside, both with fatal gunshot wounds,” Tivinian said. “The couple was pronounced deceased at the scene by SDPD officers.”

The SDPD homicide unit is investigating.

Anyone with information regarding the case was encouraged to call the detectives at 619-531-2293.