Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers
After receiving a 911 call, the Warwick police found the bodies of William and Colleen Liebrich in this house at 161 Armstrong Avenue.
WARWICK, R.I. -- The police are investigating the death of a husband and wife in their home early Monday morning as a suspected murder-suicide.
A man called 911 just after midnight reporting two dead people at 161 Armstrong Ave., in the city's Warwick Neck section.
The authorities responded to the house and found two victims -- identified as William Liebrich, 52, and his wife, Colleen Liebrich, 50 -- shot dead in their bed.
Notes indicating that it was a murder-suicide were recovered, Capt. Thomas Hannon said. A gun believed to have been used in the shooting was recovered. The police would not comment further, citing their investigation.
No one else was home, the police said.
The authorities believe William Liebrich called 911, hung up, shot his wife and then killed himself.
No information was given as to a possible motive.
The bodies have been turned over to the Office of the State Medical Examiners.
An earlier version of this item by WPRI-Channel 12 was published at 7:03 a.m.