Updated at 2:37 p.m.
Two people were killed in Elmore Monday morning in a shooting that officials believe is a result of domestic violence, Vermont State Police said.
Troopers responded to a reported domestic altercation at a home on King Road around 7 a.m. Monday morning, according to a state police press release. When police entered the home, they said, they found an adult woman and an adult man dead inside.
An initial investigation indicated Lawrence Jay Kennedy, 61, shot and killed his wife, Mary Lisa Kelley, 58, before fatally shooting himself, police said. The couple lived at the home. Their identities will be confirmed via autopsies, police said.
There is no search for a suspect and no ongoing danger to the public, police said.
The Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department and police from Morristown and Stowe also responded to the shooting, according to the release.
Kelley and Kennedy are the third and fourth people to die in shootings in Vermont in less than 48 hours. On Saturday night, two men were shot and killed in Alburgh and another was hospitalized in a dispute over hunting access, according to state police.
Anyone in need of help can call the Vermont Network Domestic Violence hotline at 1-800-228-7395. The Vermont Attorney General’s Office also has a website with available resources.
