Police investigate murder-suicide at apartment with 4 juveniles present, unharmed

Springfield police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide at a north Springfield apartment — the second such incident within a week.

Around 4 p.m. April 15, Springfield Police Department responded to a well-being check at the John B. Hughes Apartments at 2100 N. Clifton Ave., according to an SPD news release. The officers found a man and a woman deceased in the apartment.

The Springfield Homicide Unit determined the man, Andrew Calton, shot and killed the woman, Katrina Dotson, before dying of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the release. Both were 21 years old and from Springfield…

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