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An investigation is underway after a double shooting near Wausau that left two people dead.
The Marathon County Sheriff’s Department Communications Center took in a call just before 8 a.m. Tuesday from a bystander who asked for a welfare check on a person sitting in a vehicle with the door open. The caller told police the person and vehicle were in the same position the previous night.
Deputies responded to a home on Junction Road in the town of Easton to discover a 53-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man dead at the scene. Police believe the shooting was an act of domestic violence, based on a preliminary investigation.
A motive for the shooting has not been identified.
The identity of the victims is being withheld, pending notification to the next of kin.
The Marathon County District Attorney’s Office and the Marathon County Medical Examiner’s Office are aiding the investigation. This is a developing story that will be updated.
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