PORTLAND, Tenn. – Police: Two Dead In Possible Murder-Suicide

Portland police are saying that a man and a woman found shot to death…VolVapor Ad 511b

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Smokey Barn News
Wednesday October 15, 2014
Portland TN, Middle Tenn.

PORTLAND, Tenn. – Police: Two Dead In Possible Murder-Suicide

According to our news partners WKRN News 2, Portland police are saying that a man and a woman found shot to death in a home located on the corner of Jackson St and  Strawberry St may be the result of a murder-suicide. (Location of shooting)

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The incident took place Tuesday night before 10:00PM.

The incident is still under investigation but what we do know is that the victims are a man and a woman but it was not immediately clear who killed whom.

News 2 reports that Portland Police are saying that the man had asked the woman to come over to talk about their relationship before the shootings took place.

Later the victim’s family went to the home after the woman did not return home and found the bodies on the couch, News 2 reports.

A motive was not immediately known and further details have not been released.

Update Wed Oct 15:  Police confirm: murder-suicide.  Portland Police Chief Richard Smith told our news partner News 2, that the bodies are of Richard Hinsley, 47, and his wife, Tammy Hodges, 36. They were found in the Jackson Street home just before 10 p.m.

According to News 2, Chief Smith said the couple married in July but started having marital problems soon after. He said Hinsley had asked Hodges to come to the home earlier in the day to discuss their relationship. Hodges’ family discovered the bodies on a couch when she failed to come home after meeting with Hinsley. According to News 2, police say it appears Hinsley lured Hodges to his home to kill her. He allegedly told a friend that if he can’t have her no one can.

The investigation is ongoing.

WKRN News 2 contributed to this report.

Smokey Barn News would like to convey our deepest sympathy to anyone touched by this tragedy.

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