According to Mercer Island Police, officers responded to a welfare check at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at a home in the 8400 block of South 46th Street.
When officers arrived, they saw a body through a window and entered the residence.
Inside, they found two people dead.
Police identified the victims as a woman in her 70s and a man in his 40s.
Both died from gunshot wounds, investigators said.
The deaths are being investigated as a murder-suicide.
No additional details were released as the investigation continues.
©2025 Cox Media Group
