Gainesville police have released the names of a couple found dead from a shooting in a southwest Gainesville neighborhood. Authorities are investigating the May 30 incident as a murder-suicide.
According to the Gainesville Police Department, the bodies of 60-year-old Zenaido Alejo and his 55-year-old wife, Rosa Ojeda Contreras, were found inside a vehicle parked outside a private residence in the 2800 block of Deerwood Trace.
Police say Alejo shot Contreras and then turned the gun on himself.
In light of the tragedy, the police department reminded the public, “Our community has an abundance of resources for those impacted by domestic violence.”
On its Facebook page, the department shared a link to the Gateway Domestic Violence Center in Gainesville.
