2 found dead in car shooting

Bloomington police are investigating the deaths of a man and woman who were found in a car Monday night.\nA preliminary investigation reveals the victims died as a result of a murder-suicide, Monroe County Coroner Dave Toumey said.\n"The male perpetrator shot the female once in the abdomen, and again in the head before shooting himself," Toumey said.\nDeputy Coroner Maria Shipley investigated the scene and determined the cause of the death. \nPolice were called to the scene near the intersection of Third and Adams Streets in front of the Anbro Electric Company, around 7:50 p.m. Monday night.\nThe victims, a 45-year-old male and 32-year-old female, were pronounced dead at the scene. They were found in a red 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix with local plates, Bloomington Police Detective Sgt. David Drake said. Police closed the street and surrounded the car, which was still running when police arrived.\n"The car was in drive, and the male's foot was on the brake when we found them," Drake said.\nToumey said the victims had been identified but their names would not be released until next-of-kin were notified.\nDrake said the male victim had a single gunshot wound to the head, and the female victim was found hunched over across the console of the car. A 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun was found between the driver and passenger's seat.\nPolice have ruled out the possibility of a third-party involvement, leading others to believe the victim's death was a murder-suicide.\nBloomington residents Chris Warner and Brad Robinson were on their way to K-mart when the passed the victims' car wrecked alongside the road. The two stopped to see if they could help. But when they noticed the victims in the car weren't moving, they called police.\n"I thought it was a prank. It didn't look real," Warner said. "I looked in and told (Brad) I thought they were dead."\nThe two said they weren't sure what happened until they glanced into the car.\n"I'll never forget it as long as I live," Warner said.\nBetty Butler, an employee of the Crescent Doughnut, located just feet from where the incident occurred, said she didn't hear anything.\n"I first noticed the police when they turned down the road and started driving through my parking lot," Butler said.\nButler, who's worked at the Crescent Doughnut 16 years, said she's never seen anything like this.\n"That's not something you expect to happen down the road near a bunch of businesses," she said. "That's something that people happen upon out in the woods"