Man shoots wife, kills self in Burlington County home
A woman also was shot and wounded at some point before or during the siege. She was reported to be in critical but stable condition.
A man shot and critically wounded his wife in their Edgewater Park home early Wednesday and staged a standoff with police before killing himself, officials said.
Police said that about 1 a.m., officers responded to the house on the 200 block of Roosevelt Avenue for a domestic shooting.
Officers found Michelle Moses-Martin, 46, outside with multiple gunshot wounds to her chest, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office said. She was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where she was reported to be in critical but stable condition following surgery.
Her husband, Gregory Martin, 57, appeared briefly on the front steps before retreating into the house, prompting authorities to call in a New Jersey State Police SWAT team.
At 3 a.m., the SWAT team entered the house and found that Martin had killed himself with a firearm, the Prosecutor's Office said.