A man fatally shot his wife before taking his own life inside a residence in the 3100 block of Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica police said.
Detectives determined the deaths of the married couple were the result of a murder-suicide that occurred at about 6:42 a.m. Saturday, according to the Santa Monica Police Department. A firearm was recovered at the scene.
Officers had gone to the residence Saturday to conduct a welfare check. They entered and found a man and a woman dead, police said…