By Associated Press - Sunday, June 1, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police say a man fatally shot his wife outside a gas station in Louisville before turning the gun on himself.

According to WAVE-TV (https://bit.ly/1kfvBtW), police are calling the incident a murder-suicide. It happened around 11:15 p.m. Saturday at a Thorntons gas station in the Shivley neighborhood of Louisville.

Witnesses say the man came up behind the woman, they exchanged words, then he pulled out a gun and shot her before shooting himself.

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The woman died at the scene. The man was taken to University Hospital where he later died.

Their identities have not been released.

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Information from: WAVE-TV, https://www.wave3.com

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