American-based Nigerian don, Professor Marinus Iwuchukwu, and a woman identified as Charce Dunn, have been found dead in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, the United States.
The two of them were found dead along Thorncrest Drive, Wilkins Township, Pittsburg on Tuesday after an alleged “domestic disturbance” around 10:00 am.
The Police in Allegheny County said they received a call to check on the well-being of a couple inside their home.
According to the police, a third party was unable to reach the male resident and learned that the man had been stabbed. A woman remained inside the residence with a firearm.
The SWAT team made entry into the home and found a 59-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman dead, Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reports.
Both appeared to have sustained lacerations, and the woman sustained an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an incident that is being investigated as a suspected murder-suicide, police said.
Reacting to the development, Duquesne Catholic University, where Iwuchukwu worked as an associate Professor of Theology until his death, commiserated with family and friends of the late don.
“This is a tragedy for all involved and our thoughts and prayers are with Professor Iwuchukwu’s colleagues, students, friends, and loved ones,” the varsity spokesman Gabriel Welsch said in a statement.