Beaufort County couple killed in apparent murder/suicide

BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A man and a woman are dead after an apparent murder/suicide Wednesday night in Beaufort County.

Deputies say an 8-year-old child in the house at the time was not injured.

Deputies say around 9:30 p.m. they were called to a home on Betsy Elbow Road for a domestic assault in progress.

They found two people dead at the home.

Bobbie Jean Woolard, 48, was discovered shot to death inside the home, while 50-year-old Don Woolard, Jr. was found outside with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Deputies say it appears that the two were married and there has been no history of previous domestic violence at that home.

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