Gunshots heard on open 911 line before 2 found dead in Peoria home

PEORIA, AZ (AZFamily) — Fears of a murder-suicide led to two people being found dead inside a Peoria home late Wednesday morning.

Police officers and firefighters were sent to a home on 83rd Lane, near the intersection of 83rd Avenue and Beardsley Road, shortly before noon after a 911 caller reported that a murder-suicide was going to happen.

Dispatchers heard gunshots before the open line went silent.

Officers, with the help of SWAT members and a drone from the Real Time Crime Center, approached the home and then went inside…

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